busts of Buffon and of Madame du Barry, statuette of Bossuet
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Sculpture
Biography
At eighteen he won the Prix de Rome, and at thirty exhibited his Pluton tenant Cerbere enchaine. He was a French sculptor whose career successfully survived the most extreme political upheavals. He recieved commissions under Louis XV and Louis XVI. He served on official committees during the Revolution and under the Consulat of Napoleon. His style is characterized by a sentimentalized classicism. From 1772 to 1792 he served as designer for the medals of the Academie des Inscriptions, and added relief figures to Goujon's famous 'Fontaine des Innocents. His best known works are the gilded wooden reliefs in the opera house at Versailles.
