biography
pronunciation:
[pazhoo]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1730–1809)
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| biography:
| Sculptor, born in Paris, France. He was a pupil of Lemoyne and also studied in Rome (1752–6). He produced many portrait busts, but his greatest achievement is the decorative sculpture in the Opera House at Versailles (1768–70). He enjoyed the support of Mme du Barry, and was appointed keeper of the king's antiquities. His other famous work is Psyche Abandoned (1791, Louvre). |
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