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Bouchardon, Edmé (1698-1762)

Creator details

Name
Bouchardon, Edmé (1698-1762)
Nationality
French
Biography
Born 29 May 1698; died 27 July 1762. Bouchardon was a student of Guillaume Coustou, and won the prix de Rome in 1722. He spent ten years (1722-1732) in Rome, Italy working on various projects for Pope Clement XII. In 1732 Bouchardon was recalled to Paris and named sculptor to the king. Bouchardon became a professor at the Acad351mie Royale in 1746. He worked on an equestrian monument of Louis XV, King of France, from 1748 to 1762. This sculpture was considered a masterpiece at the time, but was destroyed during the French Revolution.
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Assets (48 in total)

Cupid Carving his Bow from the Club of Hercules, 1747-50 (marble) (see also 234450)
The Virgin Mourning (stone)
Saint Bartholomew, 1740 (marble)
Saint Andrew, 1740 (marble)
Boy baker, France, 18th s.
Saint John the Evangelist, 1740 (marble)
Nude looking down to the left, 1755 (chalk on paper)
Selling Coffee, from the series 'Les Cris de Paris', 1746 (engraving) (b/w photo)
Saint Peter, 1740 (marble)
Athlete with a Bear, 1735 (terracotta) (pair of 73702)
Hercules armed with a club about to cross the Alps, 1744 (chalk on paper)
Saint Paul, 1740 (marble)
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