Jean-Baptiste Pigalle

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Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
Neo-classicism

Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (26 January 1714 – 20 August 1785

neo-classical
trends.

Life

Pigalle was born in

Académie Royale
and became one of the most popular sculptors of his day. His earlier work, such as Child with Cage (model at
Marshal Saxe, completed in 1777 (Saint-Thomas Lutheran church, Strasbourg), are good examples of French sculpture in the 18th century.[2]

Pigalle taught the sculptor Louis-Philippe Mouchy, who married his niece, and who closely copied Pigalle's style.[3][4] He is also said to have taught the painter Madeleine-Élisabeth Pigalle, believed to be a distant relative from Sens.[5] His name is most commonly known today because of the

, located around the square of the same name.

Pigalle died in Paris on 20 August 1785.

Monumental works

  • Mercury putting on his running shoes (Louvre) (1753)
    Mercury putting on his running shoes (Louvre) (1753)
  • Chapel of the Virgin, Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris
    Chapel of the Virgin,
    Church of Saint-Sulpice
    , Paris
  • Voltaire nude (The Louvre, 1777)
    Voltaire nude (The Louvre, 1777)
  • Funerary monument of Maurice de Saxe in Saint Thomas Church, Strasbourg
    Funerary monument of Maurice de Saxe in Saint Thomas Church, Strasbourg

Busts

References

  1. ^ Barton, Eleanor Dodge Barton (1976). "Pigalle, Jean Baptiste". In William D. Halsey (ed.). Collier's Encyclopedia. Vol. 19. New York: Macmillan Educational Corporation. p. 43.
  2. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Pigalle, Jean Baptiste". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 595.
  3. . Retrieved 2014-07-01.
  4. . Retrieved 2014-07-01.
  5. ^ Profile of Madeleine-Élisabeth Pigalle at the Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800.

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