Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne was a French sculptor of the 18th century who worked in both the rococo and neoclassical style. He made monumental statuary for the Gardens of Versailles but was best known for h
Portrait by Jean Valade, Palace of Versailles (c. 1754)
The Comtesse de Feuquieres by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne. Terracotta, circa 1738 CE. From Paris, France. The Victoria and Albert Museum, London
A plaster bust of his friend Noel-Nicolas Coypel, 1730 (Raclin Murphy Museum of Art)
Louis XV (1749), Palace of Versailles
Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
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Jean-Baptiste Pigalle was a French sculptor whose work was influenced by both baroque and neo-classical trends.
Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (sculptor)
…and Marie-Antoinette in 1771. He is considered the most skilled of the French rococo sculptors. Lemoyne's students included Étienne Maurice Falconet Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, and Augustin Pajou. Rococo…
Portrait by Marie-Suzanne Roslin, 1770
Mercury putting on his running shoes (Louvre) (1753)
Chapel of the Virgin, Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris
Voltaire nude (The Louvre, 1777)