Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de Voltaire) (1696–1778), 1778, French, Paris, Marble, on grey marble socle, Height: 18 7/8 in. (47.9 cm), Sculpture, Jean Antoine Houdon (French, Versailles 1741–1828 Paris), Empress Catherine II, a devoted admirer of Voltaire's writings, stimulated his cult in Russia. In response the philosopher dedicated a poem to her. Catherine's reply, dated October 15, 1763, initiated a correspondence that influenced her on many matters until Voltaire's death in 1778
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