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Jean-Baptiste Pigalle: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born January 26, 1714 • Paris • France
Died August 21, 1785 (aged 71) • Paris • France

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Pigalle, Jean-Baptiste: tomb of Maurice, comte de Saxe
Pigalle, Jean-Baptiste: bust of Voltaire
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Germain Pilon
French sculptor
“Glory of Louis XIV,” marble relief by Antoine Coysevox, c. 1686; in the Salon de la Guerre, Versailles, Fr.
Antoine Coysevox
French sculptor
Lorenzo Bernini: Apollo and Daphne
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Italian artist
Algardi, Alessandro: Tomb of Pope Leo XI
Alessandro Algardi
Italian sculptor
Desiderio da Settignano: A Little Boy
Desiderio da Settignano
Italian sculptor
Stringcourses on the facade of the Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, begun by Benedetto da Maiano, 1489, and continued by Il Cronaca.
Benedetto da Maiano
Italian sculptor
Laurana, Francesco: A Princess of the House of Aragon
Francesco Laurana
Italian sculptor
The tomb of the cardinal of Portugal, marble sculptural complex by Antonio Rossellino, 1461–66; in the church of S. Miniato al Monte, Florence.
Antonio Rossellino
Italian sculptor
Westerkerk, Amsterdam, by Hendrick de Keyser, 1620–38
Hendrick de Keyser
Dutch sculptor
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Nikolaus Gerhaert von Leyden
Dutch sculptor
Portrait believed to be of John Michael Rysbrack, 18th century.
John Michael Rysbrack
English sculptor
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Jean-Jacques Caffiéri
French sculptor
Honoré Daumier
Honoré Daumier
French artist
Portrait of Auguste Rodin standing indoors, wearing a buttoned, two-toned coat with a full beard and tousled hair, looking slightly to the side.
Auguste Rodin
French sculptor
Jean-Antoine Houdon: Diana
Jean-Antoine Houdon
French sculptor
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Pierre-Jean David d’Angers
French sculptor
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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
French sculptor
Lachaise, Gaston: Head of a Woman
Gaston Lachaise
French-American sculptor
Psyche Abandoned, marble sculpture by Augustin Pajou, 1791.
Augustin Pajou
French sculptor
“Monument of Lady Elizabeth Nightingale,” white and black marble sculpture by Louis-François Roubiliac, 1761; in the Chapel of St. Nicholas, Westminster Abbey, London
Louis-François Roubiliac
French sculptor

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