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- A tribute from Catherine the Great. In August 1782, a monument to Peter the Great was unveiled on Senate Square in St. Petersburg. One side of the pedestal contains a caption in Russian, “ПЕТРУ перьвому ЕКАТЕРИНА вторая лѣта 1782” ([to] PETER the first [from] CATHERINE the second, year 1782); and the other side has the same phrase in Latin, "PETRO primo CATHARINA secunda MDCCLXXXII".
- Made by a French sculptor. The famous French sculptor Etienne Falconet was commissioned to make the statue. He was recommended to Catherine by her friend, the philosopher Denis Diderot.
- Peter looks like a creator, not warlord. The sculpture of Peter was expected to be different. In fact, many expected it to be a pompous monument with a complex composition and many allegorical figures.
- Peter’s head was made by a female sculptor. Falconet, however, didn’t create the Emperor's head for the composition. Catherine the Great, who played an active role in the preparations, rejected all three sketches that the Frenchman made.
The Peter the Great Statue is a 98-metre-high (322 ft) monument to Peter the Great, located at the western confluence of the Moskva River and the Vodootvodny Canal in central Moscow, Russia. It was designed by the Georgian designer Zurab Tsereteli to commemorate 300 years of the Russian Navy, which Peter the Great established.
- 1997
NARRATIVE IMAGES FROM SCRIPTURE. St. Peter is the Zelig of New Testament images, showing up in many episodes where scripture does not specifically note his presence. Thus we see him in a Calling of the Sons of Zebedee painting and even, anachronistically, in a Baptism of Jesus fresco . He also appears in a number of images of the raising of ...
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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.
- St. Petersburg
- 1768–1782
- Equestrian statue
- Étienne Maurice Falconet
Peter I ( Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич, romanized : Pyotr I Alekseyevich, [note 1] IPA: [ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ]; 9 June [ O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [ O.S. 28 January] 1725), was Tsar of all Russia from 1682, and the first Emperor of all Russia, known as Peter the Great, [note 2] from 1721 until his death in 1725.
- 2 November 1721 – 8 February 1725
- Natalya Naryshkina
Loved by some and hated by others, the statue of Peter the Great is one of Moscow's most controversial monuments and one of the world's tallest statues, at 322 feet (98 metres) in height. An imposing sculpture towering over 320 feet above the Moscow River , the statue of Peter the Great has been surrounded by controversy since opening in 1992 .
José Ribera ( Guiseppe (Jusepe) de Ribera, 1588–1652), (circle of Jose Ribera) The Penitent Saint Peter , oil on canvas, 93 x 70.5 cm, European private collection. Another. A painting on this subject (c.1628-1632) is also on display at the Art Institute of Chicago, but I can't find an image of it online.
