Ivan Podozerov

Ivan Ivanovich Podozerov (Russian: Иван Иванович Подозeров: 24 February 1835, Kostroma Governorate — 29 March 1899, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian sculptor and art professor.

From 1856 to 1866, he attended the Imperial Academy of Arts, where his primary instructor was Nikolai Pimenov.

During his time there, he received several awards, including four silver medals and a small gold medal for two statues; one depicting a mower, and one of Gaius Mucius Scaevola.

Shortly after returning, he became an adjunct professor of sculpture at the Academy, and was placed in charge of the molding workshop.

In addition to Eve, his familiar works include a statue of Tsar Alexander II, several figures for a monument to Tsarina Catherine II that was designed by Mikhail Mikeshin, and a monument to Prince Moisey Argutinsky-Dolgoruky [ru] in Temir-Khan-Shurá, which was destroyed by the Bolsheviks in 1921.