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120 - Jean-Baptiste PIGALLE (Paris, 1714–1785)
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Jean-Baptiste PIGALLE (Paris, 1714–1785) Bust Portrait of Voltaire Plaster Height: 68 cm Bust portrait of Voltaire, plaster, by J.-B. Pigalle H.: 26.77 in. Provenance: Acquired by the current owner’s grandfather; Then passed down through the family; Private collection, Paris Bibliography: Related: Prosper Tarbé, *La vie et les œuvres de Jean-Baptiste Pigalle*, Paris, 1859, p. 168 Samuel-Elie Rocheblave, *Jean-Baptiste Pigalle*, Paris, 1919, pp. 281–282 Jean-René Gaborit, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle 1714–1785: Sculptures from the Louvre Museum, Paris, 1985, p. 72 Guilhem Scherf, Pigalle: Voltaire Nude, Paris, 2010, p. 11 Jean-Baptiste PIGALLE (Paris, 1714–1785)
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