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From Plaster to Bronze
2003
Overview
The matter of casting thePeter the Greatwas left open in the contract drawn in Paris by Prince D. A. Golitsyn and Falconet. The first clause specified merely that Falconet was being charged “with the composition and execution of the monument which will consist principally of an equestrian statue of colossal dimensions.”¹ The question of who would choose the founder and decide on the details of casting was left to the good sense and good will of the participating parties, a presumption which, as it turned out, was all too optimistic.
The omission of an explicit mention of casting
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