Rastrelli, Carlo Bartolomeo – Equestrian statues https://equestrianstatue.org by Kees van Tilburg Sun, 04 Oct 2020 15:11:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.11 Peter the Great https://equestrianstatue.org/peter-the-great-3/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1801 Peter himself commissioned the statue to commemorate his victories in the Great Northern War in 1716 and approved the final design before his death in 1725. However it was only after Carlo’s death in 1744, that his son Francesco completed the sculpture’s casting. Empress Catherine reviewed the work in 1763. She disliked it and the … Continue reading "Peter the Great"

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