Étienne Maurice Falconet

Rarity: Uncommon

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At a glance

Class

Figure

Domain

Arts and letters

Knowledge cost

4

Influence

7

Resistance

5

In collections

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What Wikipedia says

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 Saint Petersburg, Russia, and for the small statues he produced in series for the Royal Sévres Porcelain Manufactory.

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