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Statue of Voltaire, nude, as an old man -- by Pigalle

Summary

Object

Jean-Baptiste Pigalle: Voltaire Naked  wikidata:Q15731486 reasonator:Q15731486
Artist
Jean-Baptiste Pigalle  (1714–1785)  wikidata:Q529623
 
Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
Description French sculptor
Date of birth/death 26 January 1714 Edit this at Wikidata 20 August 1785 / 21 August 1785 / 22 August 1785 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris Edit this at Wikidata Paris Edit this at Wikidata
Work period from 1740s
date QS:P,+1740-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
until 1780s
date QS:P,+1780-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Work location
Paris Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q529623
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Title
Voltaire Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Voltaire Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Voltaire Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lde,"nackter Voltaire"
label QS:Lfr,"Voltaire nu"
Object type sculpture Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait sculpture Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Deutsch: Von drei Vierteln.
English: From three-quarters.
Français : Vue de trois-quarts.
Italiano: Da tre quarti.
Depicted people Voltaire Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1776 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium marble Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 1.5 m (59 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 0.8 m (35 in) Edit this at Wikidata; thickness: 0.7 m (30.3 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+1.50U11573
dimensions QS:P2049,+0.89U11573
dimensions QS:P2610,+0.77U11573
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location

Department of Sculptures of the Louvre

Room 220
Accession number
ENT 1962.01 Edit this at Wikidata
Object history
  • 17 April 1770: unknown event: order Edit this at Wikidata
Inscriptions
  • A MONSIEUR DE VOLTAIRE PAR LES GENS DE LETTRES/ SES COMPATRIOTES, ET SES CONTEMPORAINS. 1776. Edit this at Wikidata
  • PIGALLE/ .f. 1776
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English: Statue of Voltaire, nude, as an old man -- by Pigalle Edit this at Structured Data on Commons
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Coyau

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