Artist: Jacques Caffieri (1678 - 1755)
Nationality: French
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Media: Bronze Sculpture
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Biography:
Jacques Caffieri was born into a family of metal sculptors and became an important French bronze caster during Louis XIV’s reign. His good connections with his uncle, Charles Le Brun who was Louis XIV’s chief designer and painter, helped Caffieri get the position of Sculptor, Bronze Caster and Chaser for the King’s Palaces. In 1740, Caffieri’s wife bought royal permit that allowed the couple to gild and cast bronze in the same workshop. Their son, Philippe joined the business in 1747. Soon they were producing wall lights, furniture mounts, and chandelier, ornament, and coach designs. Their clients included Queen Marie Leczsinska, the king’s mistress Madame de Pompadour, and King Louis XV’s daughter, Madame Elisabeth.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
The Sculptor Jean Jacques Caffieri (1725-1792), probably 1765 Jean Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725-1805)Oil on canvas;
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Wall Clock
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Six Wall Lights
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Bust of Alexis-Jean-Eustache Taitbout
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Four Wall Lights
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Bust of a Man
Museum of Fine Arts -
Adolf Ulrik Wertmuller, Swedish, 1751-1811 Jean-Jacques Caffieri 1784 Oil on canvas 128.9 x 95.9 cm
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jacques Villon, Jacques, 1924
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Jacques Villon, After Jacques Villon, 1957
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Jacques Callot, (St. Jacques le Mineur) from Les Grandes Apotres (16 of 16), 1632
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Jacques Lubin, Portrait of Jacques Callot, Engraver, 1696
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Four Wall Lights
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Charles Marville - Rue Saint-Jacques 1865-1869 albumen print from c National Gallery of Art French
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jacques de Lajoue, Allegory of Art, 17th - 18th century
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Jacques Androuet Ducerceau, LeÁons de perspective positive by Jacques Androuet Ducerceau (Paris: Mamert Patisson, 1576), 1576
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Jacques Schnier, In an Inn, 1933
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Jacques-Noel-Marie FrÈmy, Portrait of Jean-Baptiste-Jacques Augustin (1759-1832), 18th - 19th century
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Jacques-FranÁois Blondel, De la distribution des maisons de plaisance, et de la dÈcorationä by Jacques-FranÁois Blondel (Paris: Charles Antoine Jombert, 1737), vol. 1, 1737
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jacques-FranÁois Blondel, De la distribution des maisons de plaisance, et de la dÈcorationä by Jacques-FranÁois Blondel (Paris: Charles Antoine Jombert, 1738), vol. 2, 1738
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jacques de Lajoue, Allegory of Science, 17th - 18th century
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Johan Barthold Jongkind, Sortie de la maison Cochin (Faubourg Saint-Jacques) (The Road from the Cochin House in the Faubourg Saint-Jacques), 1878
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Jacques Callot, St. Mansuy, 1621
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Jacques Villon, La Faute, 1904
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Jacques Callot, One from Les Gobbi, 1622
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Jacques Callot, One from Les Gobbi, 1622
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Jacques Callot, St. Amond, 1621
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Jacques Philippe Le Bas, St. Anthony, 1735
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Jacques Callot, Le Capitan, 1618
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Jacques Callot, One from Les Gobbi, 1622
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Jacques Callot, Le Zani, 1618
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Jacques Callot, Le Pantalon, 1618
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Jacques Callot, One from Les Gobbi, 1622
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Jacques Callot, One from Les Gobbi, 1622
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Jacques Callot, One from Les Gobbi, 1622
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Jacques Callot, One from Les Gobbi, 1622
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Jacques Callot, One from Les Gobbi, 1622
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jacques Callot, One from Les Gobbi, 1622
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jacques Callot, One from Les Gobbi, 1622
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jacques Callot, One from Les Gobbi, 1622
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jacques Callot, One from Les Gobbi, 1622

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