For 10 points, name this French Rococo sculptor best known for his equestrian statue of Peter the Great, The Bronze Horseman.
Among this artist's pupils was Marie-Anne Collot, who designed the head of one of his best known works. A lion attacks the titular Greek wrestler who has his hand stuck in a tree in one of his earliest works, while another work by him depicts a winged figure with his finger on his lips. That latter work was created while he was serving as director of the Sèvres porcelain factory, a position given to him by his patron Madame de Pompadour. In addition to (*) Milo of Crotona and Menacing Cupid, this artist also created a work which stands on top of a large boulder that took two years to move from the Gulf of Finland to Saint Petersburg; that boulder is known as the Thunder-Stone, which is the pedestal for his depiction of a Russian leader. For 10 points, name this French Rococo sculptor best known for his equestrian statue of Peter the Great, The Bronze Horseman.
Among this artist's pupils was Marie-Anne Collot, who designed the head of one of his best known works.
Etienne-Maurice Falconet