Jean Dominique
Ivanovich Rachette

Russia • 1744−1809

Biography and information

The French sculptor. The representative of classicism. From 1779 to Russia. In 1785 academician of St. Petersburg. Academy of Arts for the program: "to Represent the Volga river with all its characteristics, in a round figure, the value of the ordinary". In 1794 - adjunct Professor; in 1800, Professor of sculpture. (Kondakov)