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Also Known As Claude Michel
Born December 20, 1738 • Nancy • France
Died March 29, 1814 (aged 75) • Paris • France
Awards And Honors Prix de Rome
Movement / Style Rococo

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Clodion: Cupid and Psyche
Clodion: Female Satyr with Putti
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Jean-Jacques Caffiéri
French sculptor
Jean-Antoine Houdon: Diana
Jean-Antoine Houdon
French sculptor
François Boucher: Cupid a Captive
François Boucher
French artist
Despiau, Charles: portrait bust of Madame Stone
Charles Despiau
French sculptor
“The Bather,” marble statue by Étienne-Maurice Falconet, 1757; in the Louvre, Paris
Étienne-Maurice Falconet
French sculptor
“Glory of Louis XIV,” marble relief by Antoine Coysevox, c. 1686; in the Salon de la Guerre, Versailles, Fr.
Antoine Coysevox
French sculptor
Etching of a design for a counterpane by Pineau, c. 1740
Nicolas Pineau
French sculptor and interior designer
François Rude: Departure of the Volunteers of 1792 (La Marseillaise)
François Rude
French sculptor
Pierre-Jean David d’Angers
French sculptor
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
French sculptor
Psyche Abandoned, marble sculpture by Augustin Pajou, 1791.
Augustin Pajou
French sculptor
Edmé Bouchardon
French sculptor
Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu
French sculptor
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
French painter
Andrea del Verrocchio: David
Andrea del Verrocchio
Italian painter and sculptor
“Black Sun,” black tamba granite sculpture by Isamu Noguchi, 1960–63; in a private garden
Isamu Noguchi
American sculptor
Louise Nevelson
American sculptor
Luca della Robbia
Florentine sculptor
Martini, Arturo: Judith and Holofernes
Arturo Martini
Italian sculptor
Tomb of St. Dominic, detail of a sculpture by Niccolò dell'Arca; in the church of San Domenico, Bologna, Italy.
Niccolò dell’Arca
Italian sculptor

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