2962 - Lambert-Sigisbert Adam (1700, Nancy – 1759, Paris), after

Lambert-Sigisbert Adam (1700, Nancy – 1759, Paris), after Bust of Neptune with a pillar-shaped pedestal White marble with light gray veining. Larger-than-life, fully sculpted, contemporary bust (21st century) based on Adam’s well-known earthenware or terracotta version, created between 1725 and 1727, in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Inv. No. M.75.70). Set upon a round columnar base, Neptune—the Roman god of the sea—is depicted in three-quarter profile with a powerful, full-bearded head; his hair is adorned with reeds, and his wide cloak is fastened by a brooch with a rosette. Adam was one of the most important French sculptors of the Baroque period, famous, among other things, for his sculptures in the parks of Versailles and Saint-Cloud. In 1723, Adam won the coveted “Grand prix de sculpture” and spent ten years in Rome, where he was influenced by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and participated in the competition for the design of the Trevi Fountain. Bust height: 78 cm; pedestal height: 100 cm. After Lambert-Sigisbert Adam (1700–1759). Marble bust of Neptune on a columnar pedestal base. Modern copy (21st century) after the earthenware (terracotta) version by Adam in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California.