Étienne-Maurice Falconet
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Étienne-Maurice Falconet was an 18th-century French sculptor best known for creating the famous equestrian statue of Peter the Great, the Bronze Horseman, in Saint Petersburg.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bronze Horseman | 0 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French sculptor
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equestrian statue ⓘ human ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
Rococo
ⓘ
Neoclassicism ⓘ
surface form:
early Neoclassicism
|
| associatedWith |
French court
ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| depicts | Peter the Great ⓘ |
| employer |
Imperial Academy of Arts
ⓘ
Sèvres ⓘ
surface form:
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
|
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| familyName | Falconet ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
porcelain design
ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ |
| genre |
mythological sculpture
ⓘ
portrait sculpture ⓘ religious sculpture ⓘ |
| givenName | Étienne-Maurice ⓘ |
| influenced | French Neoclassical sculptors ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
ⓘ
surface form:
Bernini
François Boucher ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| location |
St. Petersburg
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg
|
| memberOf | Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture ⓘ |
| movement |
Neoclassicism
ⓘ
Rococo ⓘ |
| name | Étienne-Maurice Falconet self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Bronze Horseman
ⓘ
surface form:
Bronze Horseman
L’Amour menaçant ⓘ Mélancholie ⓘ Pygmalion and Galatea ⓘ equestrian monuments ⓘ Bronze Horseman monument ⓘ
surface form:
equestrian statue of Peter the Great
statues for the church of Saint-Roch, Paris ⓘ |
| occupation |
sculptor
ⓘ
writer ⓘ |
| patron |
Catherine II of Russia
ⓘ
surface form:
Catherine the Great
|
| positionHeld | director of sculpture at Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studentOf | Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Paris
ⓘ
St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg
|
Referenced by (2)
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