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Étienne Maurice Falconet

1716 - 1791

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Étienne Maurice Falconet is the 59th most popular sculptor (down from 52nd in 2019), the 1,724th most popular biography from France (down from 1,533rd in 2019) and the 12th most popular French Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Étienne Maurice Falconet ranks 59 out of 258. Before him are Naum Gabo, François Rude, Ageladas, Andreas Schlüter, Bonanno Pisano, and Adriaen de Vries. After him are Bernardo Rossellino, Salvatore Garau, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, David d'Angers, Pietro Bernini, and Isamu Noguchi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1716, Étienne Maurice Falconet ranks 5. Before him are Charles III of Spain, Capability Brown, Yosa Buson, and Louise Diane d'Orléans. After him are James Lind, Gaspar de Portolá, Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia, Joseph-Marie Vien, Yuan Mei, Antonio de Ulloa, and Thomas Gray. Among people deceased in 1791, Étienne Maurice Falconet ranks 7. Before him are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, Grigory Potemkin, John Wesley, Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, and Jacob Frank. After him are Ignaz von Born, Joseph Gaertner, Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, Johan Andreas Murray, João de Loureiro, and Francesca Lebrun.

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In France

Among people born in France, Étienne Maurice Falconet ranks 1,724 out of 6,770. Before him are Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723), Raymond of Burgundy (1070), Jules Dupré (1811), Aénor de Châtellerault (1103), Beatrice of Provence (1229), and Anne Gonzaga (1616). After him are François de Malherbe (1555), André de Montbard (1103), Paul Abadie (1812), Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (1438), Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy (1197), and Henri Farman (1874).

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Among SCULPTORS In France

Among sculptors born in France, Étienne Maurice Falconet ranks 12. Before him are Marie Tussaud (1761), Rosa Bonheur (1822), Antoine Bourdelle (1861), Paul Landowski (1875), Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741), and François Rude (1784). After him are Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714), David d'Angers (1788), François Girardon (1628), Antoine Coysevox (1640), Nicolas Coustou (1658), and Jean Goujon (1510).

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