Alexander von Bock

Alexander Friedrich von Bock, russified as Aleksandr Romanovich von Bok (Russian: Алекса́ндр Рома́нович фон Бок; 7 June 1829, Reastvere, Estonia (then part of Russian Empire) - 17 August 1895, Saint Petersburg) was a Baltic German sculptor and art professor.

The following year, he was elected a member of the faculty in the sculpture department at the academy;[4] in 1883, he was promoted to first-degree professor in 1883.

Bock's most notable pupils were Vladimir Beklemishev and Hugo Salemann [ru] who, albeit arguing with their master, eventually succeeded him at the reformed Academy;[6] his students also included Robert Bach [ru] and Maria Dillon, as well as the pioneering Estonian sculptors, Amandus Adamson and August Weizenberg.

[8][9] In 1880, he offered several of his works to the academy's museum, including the cast for a colossal bust of Catherine the Great.

[3] One of his best known works was a tinned plaster figure of Minerva, surrounded by young genii, representing the various arts.

Bronze figure of Minerva
and the genii