Étienne Maurice Falconet

Events

1

Episodes

2

Years

1770–1782

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Étienne Maurice Falconet, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Unveiling of the Bronze Horseman

   1770–1782

   Role: French sculptor who created the Bronze Horseman

   1. 11770–1782 · Saint Petersburg, Russian EmpireCommission and Creation of the Bronze Horseman

      Catherine the Great commissioned the statue; Diderot suggested Falconet, who spent twelve years, 1770 to 1782, creating it.

   2. 27 August 1782 (O.S.; 18 August 1782 N.S.) · Senate Square, Saint PetersburgUnveiling Ceremony of 7 August 1782

      Fourteen years after pedestal excavation began, the finished statue was unveiled on 7 August 1782 before thousands of attendees.

Sources

1. Bronze Horseman Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-23