Peter the Great (The Bronze Horseman). Detail.
18th c Russian Rococo Sculpture
Étienne Maurice FALCONET
(1716 - 1791)
1782
18th c
Bronze
Rococo
St. Petersburg. Decembrist Square (Ploshchad' Dekabristov). Russia.
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Commissioned by Catherine the Great. The head of the statue was modelled by Falconet's pupil Marie-Anne Collot (1748-1821).
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FALCONET Etienne Maurice | Peter the Great (The Bronze Horseman). Detail. | 1782 | Russian | Rococo