Jean Guillaume Moitte
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Jean-Guillaume Moitte was a French sculptor.
Portrait of Moitte by David d'Angers
Herodotus, relief on the west façade of the cour Carrée, palais du Louvre, 1806
Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi (1795), Mougins Museum of Classical Art
Robert-Joseph Auguste
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Robert-Joseph Auguste was a sculptor and royal goldsmith to the French kings Louis XV and Louis XVI, whose coronation crown he made.
Jean Guillaume Moitte
…before a stay at the Rome, though it was cut short due to illness. In the 1770s, Moitte drafted numerous designs for the royal goldsmiths of the king, Robert-Joseph Auguste and then his son Henri Auguste, and participated in decorative works for monuments in the French capital. He was commissioned to produce sculptures of…
Drawing attributed to Robert-Joseph Auguste.
Rare and Important Louis XVI silver tureen, ROBERT-JOSEPH AUGUSTE, Paris, ca. 1784Of oval shape, foot with frieze, plain body with relief neoclassic frieze, cast and chiselled handles depicting branches of leaves and fruits, cover with framed tab at two relief rosettes, pine cone and acanthus cover finial on relief calyx with leaves and fruits Charge and discharge marks of Paris (1783-1789), Maison Commune mark of 1784 and Robert-Joseph Auguste maker's mark (act. 1757-1793) 19th century liner and stand with similar decoration, Tête de Minerve 1 mark and Debain & Flament maker's mark (1874-1880) 28 x 38,5 x 23,5 cm 29 x 39,2 x 30,2 cm 2880 g (tureen) 5204 g (total)