A Saint Clothing the Poor Among the Ruins of an Earthquake
Edme Bouchardon
n.d.
Medium
Red chalk on buff laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
43.8 × 57.8 cm (17 1/4 × 22 13/16 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
54861
About the Artist
Edme Bouchardon · 1698–1762
Born 29 May 1698; died 27 July 1762. Bouchardon was a student of Guillaume Coustou, and won the prix de Rome in 1722. He spent ten years (1722-1732) in Rome, Italy working on various projects for Pope Clement XII. In 1732 Bouchardon was recalled to Paris and named sculptor to the king. Bouchardon became a professor at the Académie Royale in 1746. He worked on an equestrian monument of Louis XV, Ki...