Étienne Maurice Falconet
FRENCH SCULPTOR
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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 Sévres Porcelain ManufactoryEncyclopedia Britannica on-lineEncyclopédie Larousse en ligne