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Madame de Pompadour (1721–1764)

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Madame de Pompadour (1721–1764)

Jean-Baptiste Pigalle

1748–51

Medium

White marble (Sost, the French Pyrenees)

Tags

Portraits Women

Dimensions

Overall (confirmed): 29 7/8 × 18 5/8 × 11 3/8 in. (75.9 × 47.3 × 28.9 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Jules Bache Collection, 1949

Classification

Sculpture

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

French, Paris

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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