La Crainte des Traits de l'Amour
1739–40
Medium
Marble
Dimensions
Overall (confirmed): H. 71 3/4 x W. 26 1/4 x D. 36 7/8 in. (182.2 x 66.7 x 93.7 cm)
Classification
Sculpture
Culture
French, Paris
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation Inc. Gift and Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Foundation Inc. Gift, 1967
Accession Number
67.197
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Jean-Louis Lemoyne · 1665–1755
**Jean-Louis Lemoyne (1665–1755)** was a French sculptor active in Paris during the late Baroque and early Rococo periods. Born into a family of artists—his father was a painter and his grandfather a sculptor who contributed to the Louvre façade—he trained under the prominent sculptor Antoine Coysevox. Lemoyne won the Prix de Rome in 1687 with a relief of the Flood but did not travel to Italy. In...