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Born October 8, 1684 • Paris • France
Died April 24, 1754 (aged 69) • Paris • France • (Anniversary in 4 days)
Movement / Style Rococo

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Etching of a design for a counterpane by Pineau, c. 1740
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Giacomo Serpotta
Italian sculptor
Grinling Gibbons.
Grinling Gibbons
British sculptor
Guardian Angel, painted wood sculpture by Ignaz Günther, 1763; in the Bürgersaal, Munich.
Ignaz Günther
German sculptor
Constantin Brancusi
Constantin Brancusi
Romanian-French sculptor
Ossip Zadkine, photograph by Yousuf Karsh, 1965.
Ossip Zadkine
Russian-French sculptor
Jean-Jacques Caffiéri
French sculptor
Jean-Antoine Houdon: Diana
Jean-Antoine Houdon
French sculptor
Germain Boffrand
French architect
François Boucher: Cupid a Captive
François Boucher
French artist
Etching of a design for a table from his book, Ornamens Inventory, by Jean Berain the Elder, c. 1670–1700.
Jean Berain, the Elder
French designer and painter
Robert de Cotte
French architect
“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
Clodion: Cupid and Psyche
Clodion
French sculptor
Juste-Aurèle Meissonier
French architect and goldsmith
rocaille decorated doors
François de Cuvilliés the Elder
French architect
Henry Moore
Henry Moore
British artist
Donatello: David
Donatello
Italian sculptor
Lever #3, painted ponderosa pine by Martin Puryear, 1989; in the McKee Gallery, New York City. 8412 × 162 × 13 inches.
Martin Puryear
American sculptor
Louise Nevelson
American sculptor

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