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Franz Anton Bustelli: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born April 12, 1723 • Locarno • Switzerland
Died April 18, 1763 (aged 40) • Munich • Germany
Movement / Style Rococo

Photos

Columbine, figure from the commedia dell'arte, enamel and gilt on porcelain by Bustelli, c. 1755–60; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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“The Bather,” marble statue by Étienne-Maurice Falconet, 1757; in the Louvre, Paris
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Enoch Wood
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Harlequin, Meissen hard-paste porcelain figure from the commedia dell'arte modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler, c. 1738; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
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Johann Peter Melchior
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François Boucher: Cupid a Captive
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“Glory of Louis XIV,” marble relief by Antoine Coysevox, c. 1686; in the Salon de la Guerre, Versailles, Fr.
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Clodion: Cupid and Psyche
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Aleijadinho: Prophet sculpture
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Guardian Angel, painted wood sculpture by Ignaz Günther, 1763; in the Bürgersaal, Munich.
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Etching of a design for a counterpane by Pineau, c. 1740
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Alberto Giacometti
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Self-portrait, painting on canvas by Angelica Kauffmann; in the Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin.
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