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Autumn (one of a pair)

Jean-Baptiste Pigalle | Ange Jacques Gabriel

1742–45

Medium

Marble

Tags

Animals Grapes Faces

Dimensions

Overall, confirmed, wt. includes strapping and accessories for rigging: 70 5/8 × 52 1/4 in., 3620 lb. (179.4 × 132.7 cm, 1642 kg) Base (Modern marble and cinderblock base, wt. confirmed): 3759 lb. (1705.1 kg)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation Inc. Gift, Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Foundation Inc. Gift, and Rogers Fund, 1966

Classification

Sculpture

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

French, Paris or Versailles

Rights

Public Domain

About Jean-Baptiste Pigalle

1714–1785 • France

French sculptor; along with Etienne-Maurice Falconet and Augustin Pajou, one of the most eminent sculptors in mid-18th-century France. His most well-known sculpture is a seated statue of Mercury; he is also known for portraits. Comment on works: Sculptor

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