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Peter the Great' waxwork

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PETER THE GREAT's waxwork, a life-size model of Emperor Peter the Great made of wax and wood by sculptor B. Rastrelli in 1725 by the order of Empress Catherine I. The face of the model, moulded in accordance with posthumous and lifetime masks of the emperor, precisely reproduce his appearance; the body of the model strictly corresponds to the anatomical measures of Peter the Great's body taken after his death. The waxwork is exhibited in the State Hermitage Museum.

G. V. Kalashnikov.

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Catherine I, Empress
Rastrelli Bartolomeo Carlo de

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