|
The Bronze Horseman on Senate Square in St.Petersburg
|
|
|
|
|
| Title | The Bronze Horseman on Senate Square in St.Petersburg |
| Notes | Commissioned by Catherine the Great, the monument to Peter the Great, the westernizer and the founder of St.Petersburg, was the creation of French sculptor Etienne Falconet in 1778. It was immortalized in Aleksander Pushkin's poem "The Bronze Horseman." The base of the monument is a single piece of solid granite, weighing some 1, 600 tons. |
| Subjects | Winter
Snow
Monuments and memorials
Plazas
Catherine I, Empress of Russia, 1684-1727
Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725
|
| Photographer | Ford, George |
| Country | Russia |
| Region | Severo-Zapadnyy Ekonomicheskiy Rayon |
| Oblast/Province | Leningradskaya Oblast |
| City/Town | Sankt-Peterburg |
| Artist/Architect | Falconet, Etienne, 1716-1791 |
| Object Date | 18th century |
| Contributors | Ford, George |
| ImageType | photograph |
| Image Date | 1997 |
| Digital Collection | Central Eurasian Information Resource |
| Image No. | 1982 |
| Contact information | The University of Washington Libraries does not provide reproductions of this image. The original negative, print, or slide reproduced here remains in the possession of the copyright holder. For further information contact the UW Libraries' Slavic and East European Section, slavinfo@u.washington.edu. |
| Rights | Ford, George |
|
|
|
|
|
