----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Here's a guess: Could it be the equestrian monument (1782) to Peter the Great, by the French sculptor Etienne Maurice Falconet (1716-1791)? It has the inscription "Petro Primo - Catherina Secunda." I have no idea how close this is to the Winter Palace. Hildegard Lindschinger * [log in to unmask] Wilfrid Laurier University Library * Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3C5 On Mon, 3 Feb 1997, Harper, Lu ( MAG) wrote: > ----------------------------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] >