Pierre Lepautre (1659–1744), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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sculptor from France
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Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France
About Pierre Lepautre (1659–1744)
- Pierre Lepautre (4 March 1659 – 22 January 1744) was a French sculptor, a member of a prolific family of artists in many media, who were active in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- He was born and died in Paris. He won the Prix de Rome, for study at the French Academy in Rome, where he was a pensionnaire' from 1683 to 1701.
- While in Rome he sent back to France a number of sculptures demonstrating his skill, among which were the Faune au chevreau of 1685, which went to ornament the gardens at Château de Marly.
- Lepautre returned to Paris in 1701.
- His Atalante (1704) was also destined for Marly. From 1705 to 1710, he was occupied with decorative bas-reliefs and sculptures for the royal chapel of Versailles, under the artistic supervision of Jules Hardouin-Mansart: his are the colossal statues of Saint Ambrose and Saint Gregory.A retable in the form of a monumental gateway in the église de Saint-Eustache, Paris, illustrates the assumption of Saint Agnes. His completion of the over-lifesize group of Arria et Pœtus (finished 1695) after the design begun by Jean-Baptiste Théodon proceeded too slowly and Énée portant son père Anchise suivi d'Ascagne (signed and dated 1716), after François Girardon demonstrated his facility and fidelity as an executant.
- The sculpture of Aeneas carrying Anchises was begun in Rome, where Lepautre made numerous terracotta bozzetti for it.
- The sculpture gained renown for Lepautre: bronze reductions of it were made for collectors.
- The 19th-century classicizing sculptor David d'Angers had one of Lepautre's designs for it, which was given by his widow to the museum in his native city.Pierre Lepautre preferred to become a member of the modest artists' Académie de Saint-Luc, for which he held a lifetime post as Rector, rather than try for the more prestigious Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture.
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Nicolas de Largillière
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| Alternative names | Nicolas de Largillierre | ||
| Description | French painter | ||
| Date of birth/death | 10 October 1656 (in Julian calendar) | 20 March 1746 | |
| Location of birth/death | Paris | Paris | |
| Work location | Great Britain; Antwerp (1662–1674); Great Britain (1675–1679); Paris (1680–1746); London (1686–1688) | ||
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