Week Eight: Representations of Peter After His Death
(d. 1725)

Comment on changing images of Peter the Great in the two centuries since his death. Has his myth been undermined?

1) 1744 engraving of 1725 original of English engraving. Here Peter is presenting "to Old Russia truth, religion and the Arts."


2) 1782, Falconet. Statue to Peter the Great erected on Senate Square in the center of St. Petersburg, on the riverfront. Commissioned by Catherine the Great, who put the dedication "To Peter the First from Catherine the Second, 1782" in Latin and in Russia on either side of the statue.
3) ca. 1900 Antokol'skii. Standing statue of Peter I.
4) 1990. Mikhail Shemiakin. Seated statue of Peter, located in Peter-Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg.
5) 1997. Z. Tsereteli. Marine motif statue of Peter the Great on the riverside in downtown Moscow.
6) Closeup of Tsereteli's Peter.

Comment on changing images of Peter the Great in the two centuries since his death. Has his myth been undermined?

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