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Name
  
Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet


Died
  
1818, Paris, France

Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet

Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet (born in Le Havre on 21 June 1750 and died in Paris on 15 April 1818), was a French sculptor, draftsman and printmaker.

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On 21 August 1793, he was appointed director of public works of the Commune of Paris. On 7 July 1794, he was received at the Club des Jacobins after having given a bust of Guillaume Tell proposed by Jacques-Louis David on a project of Collot d'Herbois.

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He then worked for the restoration of medieval and Renaissance sculptures for the Musée national des Monuments Français of Alexandre Lenoir, including the famous Fontaine de Diane.

Main works

  • Suzanne au bain, 1813, group, marble, Paris, Louvre
  • Hygie, déesse de la santé soignant Mars, le dieu de la guerre
  • Sully, statue, stone, Paris, palais Bourbon
  • La Liberté sous les ruines de la Bastille, 1793
  • La Force guidée par la raison ramène la Paix, le Commerce
  • La Paix faisant hommage à la Liberté des prémices des faits de ses bienfaits
  • La Tyrannie renversée, 1800

    • References

    Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet Wikipedia
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