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  2. Bronze Horseman - Wikipedia

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    The Bronze Horseman (Russian: Медный всадник, literally "copper horseman") is an equestrian statue of Peter the Great in the Senate Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was opened to the public on 7 (18) August 1782. Commissioned by Catherine the Great, it was created by the French sculptor Étienne Maurice Falconet.

  3. Étienne Maurice Falconet - Wikipedia

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    The Bronze Horseman, the most famous sculputure of Falconet, representing Czar Peter I of Russia. Étienne Maurice Falconet (1 December 1716 – 24 January 1791) was a French baroque, rococo and neoclassical sculptor, best-known for his equestrian statue of Peter the Great, the Bronze Horseman (1782), in St. Petersburg, Russia, and for the small statues he produced in series for the Royal ...

  4. Senate Square (Saint Petersburg) - Wikipedia

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    The Bronze Horseman monument, a statue honoring Peter the Great, has stood in the square since 1782 - whence the official name of "Peter's Square". On July 29, 2008, the square reverted to the name "Senate Square". [1]

  5. List of equestrian statues in Russia - Wikipedia

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    The Bronze Horseman, as this awesome statue of Peter the Great on the Senate Square of Saint Petersburg is generally known, is the main work of Etienne Maurice Falconet, 1782. The Monument of Peter the Great in front of St. Michael's Castle. The sculpture by Carlo Bartolomeo Rastrelli, erected in 1800.

  6. The Bronze Horseman (poem) - Wikipedia

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    The Bronze Horseman: A Petersburg Tale (Russian: Медный всадник: Петербургская повесть, romanized: Mednyy vsadnik: Peterburgskaya povest) is a narrative poem written by Alexander Pushkin in 1833 about the equestrian statue of Peter the Great in Saint Petersburg and the great flood of 1824. While the poem was ...

  7. Equestrian statue - Wikipedia

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    The Bronze Horseman (Russian: Медный всадник, literally "The Copper Horseman") is an iconic equestrian statue, on a huge base, of Peter the Great of 1782 by Étienne Maurice Falconet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The use of French artists for both examples demonstrates the slow spread of the skills necessary for creating large works ...

  8. The Invergordon Common Good Fund owns the bust, which was purchased in 1930 for about $6.35. Now, the historical bust could sell for $3.1 million.

  9. List of equestrian statues - Wikipedia

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    Originally in lead 1688, [26] replaced in 1946 by a bronze copy. [27] Equestrian monument of King Frederik V in bronze by Jacques-Francois-Joseph Saly in front of Amalienborg Palace, erected 1771. Equestrian monument of Frederik VII in bronze by Herman Wilhelm Bissen on Christiansborg Palace Square, erected 1873.

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