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Born December 1, 1716 • Paris • France
Died January 24, 1791 (aged 74) • Paris • France
Movement / Style Rococo

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“The Bather,” marble statue by Étienne-Maurice Falconet, 1757; in the Louvre, Paris
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French sculptor
Andrea del Verrocchio: David
Andrea del Verrocchio
Italian painter and sculptor
Giambologna: Mercury
Giambologna
Mannerist sculptor
“The Great Elector,” over-life-size bronze statue by Andreas Schlüter, 1703; in the forecourt of Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin
Andreas Schlüter
German sculptor
Columbine, figure from the commedia dell'arte, enamel and gilt on porcelain by Bustelli, c. 1755–60; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Franz Anton Bustelli
German artist
Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas
French artist
Auguste Rodin
Auguste Rodin
French sculptor
Constantin Brancusi
Constantin Brancusi
Romanian-French sculptor
tomb of Cardinal de Richelieu
François Girardon
French sculptor
Germain Pilon
French sculptor
Barye, Antoine-Louis: Herons in Landscape
Antoine-Louis Barye
French sculptor, painter, and printmaker
Jacques Lipchitz, 1946.
Jacques Lipchitz
French artist
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
French sculptor
Despiau, Charles: portrait bust of Madame Stone
Charles Despiau
French sculptor
Jules Dalou
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
Raymond Duchamp-Villon
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Edmé Bouchardon
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Laurens, Henri: La Grande Musicienne
Henri Laurens
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