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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >Can anyone help with this skimpy info question? A patron wanted to know >what the name of the statue in St. Petersburg (possibly in or near the >Winter Palace) that is "as totemic to Russians as the Mona Lisa is to >Parisians." Any ideas? She'd also like to see a picture... > >Many thanks, o saviors... > >lu harper >Memorial Art Gallery >Charlotte Whitney Allen Library >[log in to unmask] It is the statue to Peter I (The Great) erected by Catherine II (The Great). Sculptor = Falconet. 1770-1782.