Sculpture of Pygmalion and Galatee, completed in 1790-1792 by sculptor Falconet (1716-1791) in the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Sculpture of Pygmalion and Galatee, completed in 1790-1792 by sculptor Falconet (1716-1791). In the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia. The sculpture is part of the gallery of marble sculptures above the main staircase in the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, is the second-largest art museum in the world, it was founded in 1764 by Empress Catherine the Great.
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Location: State Hermitage, Russia, 190000, St Petersburg, Dvortsovaya Naberezhnaya (Embankment), 34
Photo credit: © Chuck Nacke / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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