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LOUIS-SIMON BOIZOT (1743-1809), attributed to Vestal Sculpture in terracotta Height : 39 cm Diameter : 13,3 cm Bibliography Catherine Gendre (ed.), Louis-Simon Boizot, 1743-1809. Sculpteur du roi et directeur de l'atelier de sculpture à la manufacture de Sèvres, Somogy, Paris, 2001. Standing with her right leg slightly bent, this vestal is dressed in accordance with ancient tradition. From the feet up, a long dress rises in abundant folds over the hips, the hair held under the veil falls delicately over the shoulders. The figure raises its two arms, now missing, above its head, in which the dial is probably inscribed. The whole, describing an uninterrupted vertical movement, rests on a circular base decorated with pearls. The vigour of the execution, the elegance and the purity of the lines allow us to attribute this Vestal made around 1780 to Louis-Simon Boizot. An extremely complex creator, He is known for his artistic direction at the Royal Porcelain Factory in Sèvres from 1774 to 1785, as well as for his close collaboration with the great founders of his time (Gouthière, Thomire) and from 1776 onwards with the gilder François Rémond, whose production abounds. More than twenty models of clocks with figures will come out of the workshops. After his stay in Rome in 1770, Boizot directed his career towards decorative art. Technically gifted in the treatment and organization of draperies marked by deep folds, he likes to play with naturalism on the contrasts of lines and on the tasty details of clothes and hairstyles. From 1780 onwards, his evolution towards neoclassicism is very clearly perceptible, as can be seen in the execution of our statuette. A student of Michel-Ange Slodtz, Simon-Louis Boizot was awarded the first prize in sculpture in 1762. He was then a resident at the French Academy in Rome from 1765 to 1770. Back in Paris, he was accepted in 1771 and received the title of Academician in 1778 with the statue Méléagre which is kept in the collections of the Louvre. He exhibited regularly at the Salon, worked for the Bourbon Palace and the Château de Fontainebleau, as well as for the Parisian churches of Saint Sulpice and Sainte-Geneviève. From 1774 to 1785, he directed the workshops of the Manufacture de Sèvres. LOUIS-SIMON BOIZOT (1743-1809), attributed to Vestale Terracotta H. 39 cm Diam. 13,3 cm
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LOUIS-SIMON BOIZOT (1743-1809), attributed to Vestal Sculpture in terracotta Height : 39 cm Diameter : 13,3 cm Bibliography Catherine Gendre (ed.), Louis-Simon Boizot, 1743-1809. Sculpteur du roi et directeur de l'atelier de sculpture à la manufacture de Sèvres, Somogy, Paris, 2001. Standing with her right leg slightly bent, this vestal is dressed in accordance with ancient tradition. From the feet up, a long dress rises in abundant folds over the hips, the hair held under the veil falls delicately over the shoulders. The figure raises its two arms, now missing, above its head, in which the dial is probably inscribed. The whole, describing an uninterrupted vertical movement, rests on a circular base decorated with pearls. The vigour of the execution, the elegance and the purity of the lines allow us to attribute this Vestal made around 1780 to Louis-Simon Boizot. An extremely complex creator, He is known for his artistic direction at the Royal Porcelain Factory in Sèvres from 1774 to 1785, as well as for his close collaboration with the great founders of his time (Gouthière, Thomire) and from 1776 onwards with the gilder François Rémond, whose production abounds. More than twenty models of clocks with figures will come out of the workshops. After his stay in Rome in 1770, Boizot directed his career towards decorative art. Technically gifted in the treatment and organization of draperies marked by deep folds, he likes to play with naturalism on the contrasts of lines and on the tasty details of clothes and hairstyles. From 1780 onwards, his evolution towards neoclassicism is very clearly perceptible, as can be seen in the execution of our statuette. A student of Michel-Ange Slodtz, Simon-Louis Boizot was awarded the first prize in sculpture in 1762. He was then a resident at the French Academy in Rome from 1765 to 1770. Back in Paris, he was accepted in 1771 and received the title of Academician in 1778 with the statue Méléagre which is kept in the collections of the Louvre. He exhibited regularly at the Salon, worked for the Bourbon Palace and the Château de Fontainebleau, as well as for the Parisian churches of Saint Sulpice and Sainte-Geneviève. From 1774 to 1785, he directed the workshops of the Manufacture de Sèvres. LOUIS-SIMON BOIZOT (1743-1809), attributed to Vestale Terracotta H. 39 cm Diam. 13,3 cm
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