Putto met dolfijn
Edme Bouchardon
ca. 1750
Medium
modeling
Dimensions
39.6; 48; 48; 102
About this artwork
height 102 cm x width 48 cm x depth 48 cm x weight 39.6 kg
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...