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Étienne-Maurice Falconet (* 1. Dezember 1716 in Paris; † 24. Januar 1791 in Paris) war ein französischer Bildhauer.
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 Manufactory
Étienne Maurice Falconet, né le 1 er décembre 1716 à Paris, où il est mort le 24 janvier 1791, est un sculpteur français. Considéré comme un des maîtres de l’école baroque, Falconet est aussi, sous certains aspects, un sculpteur néoclassique.
Étienne Maurice Falconet was a preeminent French Rococo sculptor. His figural statues span a variety of materials, including bronze, marble, and porcelain. Falconet’s well-known patron Mademoiselle de Pompadour placed him among the top sculptors of his day, and he regularly showed at Parisian salons in the mid-1700s.
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Étienne-Maurice Falconet was a sculptor who adapted the classical style of the French Baroque to an intimate and decorative Rococo ideal. He was patronized by Mme de Pompadour and is best known for his small sculptures on mythological and genre themes and for the designs he made for the Sèvres.
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Etienne Maurice Falcone (fr. Étienne Maurice Falconet; 1. Dezember 1716, Paris - 24. Januar 1791, Paris) - Französischer Bildhauer des 18. Jahrhunderts. Direktor der Skulpturenwerkstatt der Porzellanmanufaktur Sevres, die von der Marquise de Pompadour unterstützt wird.
FALCONET, ETIENNE MAURICE (1716-1791), French sculptor, was born in Paris. His parents were poor, and he was at first apprenticed to a carpenter, but some of his clay-figures, with the making of which he occupied his leisure hours, attracted the notice of the sculptor Lemoine, who made him his pupil.
