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EDME See also:BOUCHARDON (1698-1762)
, See also:French sculptor, was esteemed in his See also:day the greatest sculptor of his See also:time
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See also:Born at Chaumont, he became the See also:pupil of See also:Guillaume See also:Coustou and gained the prix de See also:Rome in 1722
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Resisting the tendency of the day he was classic in his See also:taste, pure and chaste, always correct, charming and distinguished, a See also:great stickler for all the finish that See also:sand-See also:paper could give
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During the ten years he remained at Rome, See also:Bouchardon made a striking bust of See also:Pope See also:Benedict XIII
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(1730)
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In 1746 he produced his first acclaimed See also:master-piece, " See also:Cupid fashioning a See also:Bow out of the See also:Club of See also:Hercules," perfect in its See also:grace, but See also:cold in the purity of its classic See also:design
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His two other leading chefs-d'oeuvre are the See also:fountain in the See also:rue de Grenelle, See also:Paris, the first portions of which had been finished and exhibited in 1740, and the equestrian statue of See also:
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