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: (60)
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Mademoiselle Luzy en tragédienne, actrice à la Comédie française. (1776) by CAFFIERI Jean-Jacques
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Portrait d'homme assis, en costume antique (1717 en) by CAFFIERI Jacques (attribué à)
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Six Wall Lights
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The Sculptor Jean Jacques Caffieri (1725-1792), probably 1765 Jean Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725-1805)Oil on canvas;
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Wall Clock
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Un fleuve (1759) by CAFFIERI Jean Jacques
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Bust of Alexis-Jean-Eustache Taitbout
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L'amitié qui pleurant sur un tombeau (1767) by CAFFIERI Jean Jacques
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Four Wall Lights
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Bust of a Man
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Claude-Adrien Helvétius (Paris, 1715-Versailles, 1771) (1772) by CAFFIERI Jean Jacques
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Pierre Claude Nivelle de la Chaussée (Paris, 1694-Paris, 1754), auteur dramatique (1785) by CAFFIERI Jean Jacques
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Charles Simon Favart (Paris, 1710-Belleville, 1792), auteur dramatique et directeur de théâtre (1783) by CAFFIERI Jean Jacques
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Un fleuve (1759 vers) by CAFFIERI Jean Jacques (attribué)
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Le chanoine Pingré, Alexandre-Gui Pingré (Paris, 1711-Paris, 1796), bibliothécaire de l'abbaye de Sainte-Geneviève, astronome et géographe du roi (1788) by CAFFIERI Jean Jacques
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Saint-François recevant les stigmates (1749 entre ; 1754 et) by CAFFIERI Jean Jacques
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JEAN-FRANCOIS DE TROY (1679-1752) (1734) by AVED Jacques André Joseph ; TROY Jean François de (d'après)
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Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, dit) (Paris, 1622 - Paris, 1673), écrivain et comédien (1781 entre ; 1787 et) by CAFFIERI Jean-Jacques
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La Sibylle d'Erythrée (1759) by CAFFIERI Jean Jacques
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Adolf Ulrik Wertmuller, Swedish, 1751-1811 Jean-Jacques Caffieri 1784 Oil on canvas 128.9 x 95.9 cm
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Pierre Corneille (Rouen, 1606-Paris, 1684), écrivain (1779) by CAFFIERI Jean Jacques
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Monument à la mémoire de Mme Favart, née Marie Justine Benoît Duroncay (1727-1772), comédienne, femme de Charles Simon Favart (1750-1792), auteur dramatique (1774) by CAFFIERI Jean Jacques
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LAPIN MORT ET ATTIRAIL DE CHASSE (1727 vers) by CHARDIN Jean-Baptiste Siméon
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Vase monté sur socle (1759) by CAFFIERI Philippe le Jeune (bronzier)
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Vase monté sur socle (1759) by CAFFIERI Philippe le Jeune (bronzier)
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Buste de Pierre Corneille (1879) by BARBEDIENNE Ferdinand (atelier) ; CAFFIERI Jean-Jacques (d'après)
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Four Wall Lights
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Jacques Langlois (1889) by HENNER Jean-Jacques
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Compound Microscope and Case
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Jean-Jacques Henner (2e moitié 19e siècle) by BENNER Jean
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Autoportrait (2e moitié 19e siècle) by HENNER Jean-Jacques
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Portrait de Jacques VI, roi d'Ecosse (Jacques Ier d'Angleterre) (4e quart 16e siècle ; 1ère moitié 17e siècle) by PAS Crispijn van de
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Jacques Villon Jacques oil on canvas 1924
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Autoportrait (1871) by HENNER Jean-Jacques
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Mme Gallay ou Gallais (1873) by HENNER Jean-Jacques
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Autoportrait (1866) by HENNER Jean-Jacques
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Eugénie Henner (2e moitié 19e siècle) by HENNER Jean-Jacques
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Autoportrait (2e moitié 19e siècle) by HENNER Jean-Jacques
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Portrait de femme (2e moitié 19e siècle) by HENNER Jean-Jacques
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Paysage d'Alsace (2e moitié 19e siècle) by HENNER Jean-Jacques
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Autoportrait (1847) by HENNER Jean-Jacques
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Mme Kauffman (1856) by HENNER Jean-Jacques
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Grégoire Henner (2e moitié 19e siècle) by HENNER Jean-Jacques
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Mme Charles Rabot (4e quart 19e siècle) by HENNER Jean-Jacques
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Jacques Lubin Portrait of Jacques Callot, Engraver Engraving 1696
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Séraphin Henner (1877 vers) by HENNER Jean-Jacques
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Portrait de femme (2e moitié 19e siècle) by HENNER Jean-Jacques
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La Comtesse de Callac (1867 entre ; 1874 et) by HENNER Jean-Jacques
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Valentine About (1874) by HENNER Jean-Jacques
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Paul Henner endormi (1865) by HENNER Jean-Jacques
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Jules Henner (1867 vers) by HENNER Jean-Jacques
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Vallée de Munster, effet noté après l'orage (1879 (?)) by HENNER Jean-Jacques
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Séraphin Henner (1877) by HENNER Jean-Jacques
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Séraphin Henner (1889) by HENNER Jean-Jacques
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Séraphin Henner (1892) by HENNER Jean-Jacques
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Mme Séraphin Henner (1899) by HENNER Jean-Jacques
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Paysage d'Alsace (2e moitié 19e siècle) by HENNER Jean-Jacques
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Portrait d'homme (2e moitié 19e siècle) by HENNER Jean-Jacques
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Mme Séraphin Henner (2e moitié 19e siècle) by HENNER Jean-Jacques
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Mademoiselle Dodey (1893) by HENNER Jean-Jacques

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