Reduced-scale copy of the Monument to Catherine the Great in St Petersburg
1873
- Bronze, marble, гранит. 90 х 88 х 88
- Ск-1448
Received in 1901 from the Imperial Society of Architects, St Petersburg
- Period Late 19th century
- CategoryPortrait
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This is a reduced-scale copy of the monument to Catherine the Great that was put up in 1873 in front of the Alexandrinsky Theatre in St Petersburg; it was designed by Mikhail Mikeshin and was the most famous monument dedicated to the Empress’s reign. The figure of Catherine was moulded by Matvei Chizhov, and those of her associates that surround the pedestal by Alexander Opekushin. The group includes Grigory Potemkin and Alexander Bezborodko, important statesmen from Catherine’s time, the military leaders Alexander Suvorov and Pyotr Rumyantsev and the naval commanders Vasily Chichagov and Alexei Orlov, Ivan Betskoi and Ekaterina Dashkova, active in the enlightenment, and the poet Gavriil Derzhavin.