Étienne Maurice Falconet (1 December 1716 – 24 January 1791) was a French baroque, rococo and neoclassical sculptor, best-known for his equestrian statue...
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by Catherine the Great, it was created by the French sculptor Étienne Maurice Falconet. The statue influenced a 1833 poem of the same name by Alexander...
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furniture designer. Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716–1791), French Rococo sculptor Etienne Girardot (1856–1939), Anglo-French actor Étienne Jodelle, seigneur...
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Park, Prussia (1740s). Étienne-Maurice Falconet (1716 – 1791) was another leading French sculptor during the period. Falconet was most famous for his...
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(Pierre-Etienne) Falconet (1741–1791) was a French portrait painter. Falconet was born in Paris, the son of the sculptor Etienne Maurice Falconet. His first...
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Étienne Maurice Falconet: Pygmalion et Galatée (1763). Although not robotic, Galatea's inorganic origin has led to comparisons with gynoids....
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Marie-Anne Collot (section Falconet's student)
Cathcart Grand Duchess Natalia Alexeievna Mary Cathcart Étienne Maurice Falconet Pierre-Etienne Falconet Demetrius Alekseyevich Gallitzin M.L. Becker, Marie-Anne...
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(genus Spiziapteryx) Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716–1791), French sculptor John Falconet (fl. 1350–1400), English noble Peter Falconet (1741–1791), French...
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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...
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the equestrian statue of Peter the Great, The Bronze Horseman by Étienne Maurice Falconet in Saint Petersburg, duplicating the calm handling of a rearing...
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relief, pictured at right, is widely regarded as a chef d'oeuvre. Étienne Maurice Falconet described it as Puget's "sublime error". Daniel Cady Eaton, art...
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Tyre Uncanny valley Waifu The invention of the name Galatea is modern; Falconet's title was Pygmalion aux pieds de sa statue qui s'anime, "Pygmalion at...
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gilded bronze. The Bronze Horseman by Étienne Maurice Falconet Table sculpture of a cupid by Étienne Maurice Falconet Bust of Voltaire by Jean-Antoine Houdon...
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prominent French sculptor in the early neoclassical period was Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716–1791). whose work included the Bronze Horseman of Peter the...
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Crucifixion. The major painters and sculptors of period, including Étienne Maurice Falconet, Joseph-Marie Vien and Gabriel-François Doyen participated in its...
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Pio-Clementino. Notable late French baroque sculptors included Étienne Maurice Falconet and Jean Baptiste Pigalle. Pigalle was commissioned by Frederick...
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wasn’t esteemed. The Bronze Horseman of the title was sculpted by Étienne Maurice Falconet and completed in 1782. Catherine the Great, a German princess who...
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skilled of the French rococo sculptors. Lemoyne's students included Étienne Maurice Falconet Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, and Augustin Pajou. The Comtesse de Feuquieres...
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Giacomo Quarenghi as an architect and Clodion as a sculptor, when Étienne Maurice Falconet came back to Paris. In 1787, Catherine asked Grimm to burn her...
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British duchess; Lady of the Bedchamber (d. 1776) December 1 – Étienne Maurice Falconet, French artist (d. 1791) December 7 – Henry Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode...
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during garden work on the Arentsburg estate. This hand was used by Étienne Maurice Falconet as model for the equestrian statue of Peter the Great, The Bronze...
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Duplessis père) Étienne Maurice Falconet Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard, son of Jean-Honoré Fragonard Viola Frey Hector Guimard Étienne Hajdu Yayoi Kusama...
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(born 1965), Nigeria Lukman Alade Fakeye (born 1983), Nigeria Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716–1791), France Alexandre Falguière (1831–1900), France August...
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Richter, Czech composer, violinist, and conductor (d. 1789) 1716 – Étienne Maurice Falconet, French sculptor (d. 1791) 1743 – Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German...
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porcelain, which was a direct outgrowth of Vincennes. In 1757 Étienne Maurice Falconet was appointed director of the sculpture atelier, when Vincennes...
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ordered a bust of physician Weikart from the French sculpture Étienne Maurice Falconet. In Vienna, Weikart treated Count Ivan Chernyshyov. In December...
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commissions to a new generation of sculptors, including Étienne Maurice Falconet and Jacques Caffieri. Falconet achieved international renown; he was invited by...
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founder and chaser. Bronze Horseman, St Petersburg - to designs by Étienne Maurice Falconet Samson Fountain, Peterhof Palace - to designs by Mikhail Kozlovsky...
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1867, his portrayal of Catherine the Great in the workshop of Étienne Maurice Falconet earned him the title of Professor. It was acquired by Empress Maria...
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attaching his winged sandals, 1744; Venus, 1748; Voltaire, 1770–1776), Étienne Maurice Falconet (Milon of Crotona, 1754; Madame de Pompadour as Venus, 1757; Pygmalion...
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