Woman with two children
ca. 1821–33
Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
Overall: 4 7/8 × 4 3/8 × 3 1/8 in. (12.4 × 11.1 × 7.9 cm)
Classification
Sculpture
Culture
French
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of David and Constance Yates, in honor of Alexander Johnson and Roberta Olson, 2001
Accession Number
2001.773.3
Tags
About the Artist
Pierre Jean David d'Angers · 1788–1856
Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, born on March 12, 1788, in Angers, France, to a wood carver and ornamental sculptor father who had fought in the Republican army, began his artistic training locally under Marchand and Jean-Jacques Delusse at the École centrale d'Angers from 1806 to 1807. In 1808, he arrived in Paris with scant funds and entered the studio of Philippe-Laurent Roland, later working under...