The main figure of this sculpture is facing west toward the Neva River, and it depicts a predecessor of the woman who commissioned it, Catherine the Great.
When viewing a model of this sculpture, a mentally unstable man was so critical of its creator that its patron had to assure its creator of the critic's insanity by claiming that he molested some Jews. The face of the main figure of this sculpture was designed by its creator's eventual daughter in law, Marie-Anne Collot. This sculpture includes a depiction of a snake being trampled as a symbol of the squashing of treachery. The granite base of this piece was moved from the village of Lakhta on a series of bronze spheres in a process developed by Marinos Carburis; that rock is called the Thunder Stone. The main figure of this sculpture is facing west toward the Neva River, and it depicts a predecessor of the woman who commissioned it, Catherine the Great. For 10 points, name this equestrian statue by Etienne Falconet in St. Petersburg that inspired an Alexander Pushkin poem.
When viewing a model of this sculpture, a mentally unstable man was so critical of its creator that its patron had to assure its creator of the critic's insanity by claiming that he molested some Jews.
The Bronze Horseman