Artist: Jean-jacques Caffieri (1725 - 1792)
Nationality: French
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Media: Sculpture
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Biography:
Coming from the long line of Caffieri Italian sculptors and metalworkers, Jean-Jacques was the younger brother of bronze caster, Phillipe. Jean-Jacques won the Prix-de-Rome in 1748 and studied antiquities in Rome for four years. Upon his return to Paris, he became King Louis XV’s sculptor and designer of metalwork. He also produced a series of busts for famous dramatist, Madame du Barry.

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 -
Bust of Alexis-Jean-Eustache Taitbout
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Bust of a Man
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Wall Clock
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Six Wall Lights
Museum of Fine Arts -
Adolf Ulrik Wertmuller, Swedish, 1751-1811 Jean-Jacques Caffieri 1784 Oil on canvas 128.9 x 95.9 cm
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Four Wall Lights
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean Jacques Boissieu, At Prayer, 1795
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean Jacques Boissieu, Head of an old man, 1770
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean Jacques Boissieu, Portrait of a Woman, 1770
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jacques-Noel-Marie FrÈmy, Portrait of Jean-Baptiste-Jacques Augustin (1759-1832), 18th - 19th century
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean Jacques Boissieu, EntrÈe de Foret, 1772
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean Jacques Boissieu, Les Peres du / Desert, 1797
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean Jacques Boissieu, Le Moulin a l"eau, 1782
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean Jacques Boissieu, Landscape with a bridge, 1793
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean Jacques Boissieu, Pont de Dorcieu, 1776
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean Jacques Boissieu, The Schoolmaster and pupils, 1780
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean Jacques Henner, Rebecca at the Well, 19th - 20th century
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean Jacques Le Veau, La Consultation Apprehendee, 18th century
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jacques Callot, (St. Jean Evangeliste) from Les Grandes Apotres (16 of 16), 1632
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean Jacques Aliamet, Le Midi, after Vernet, 18th century
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean Jacques Aliamet, La Nuit, after Vernet, 18th century
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean Jacques Boissieu, Cat and Kitten, 18th - 19th century
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean Jacques Boissieu, The water fall on a windy day, 1782
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean Jacques Boissieu, (Landscape at sunrise or sunset), 1763
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean Jacques Boissieu, (Landscape with two men fishing in the foreground), 1774
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean-Jacques Flipart, The Bear Hunt, 18th century
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Georg Friedrich Meyer, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 18th century
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean Jacques Boissieu, Landscape with group of people, 1803
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Achille-Jacques-Jean-Marie DevÈria, Le Cafe, 19th century
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Achille-Jacques-Jean-Marie DevÈria, Apprets du Bal, 19th century
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Jean Jacques Boissieu, Landscape with River, boats, fishermen, 1763
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Jean Jacques Boissieu, Ancienne porte de Vaize a Lyon, 1803
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Jean Jacques Boissieu, Self-Portrait with his wife, 18th - 19th century
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Jean Jacques Boissieu, Peasant driving Bull into the River, 1772
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Jean Jacques Boissieu, The Cooper"s Workshop, "Les Grands tonneliers", 1790
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Jean Jacques Boissieu, (Landscape with ruins and boat with three people in it), 1765
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Jean Baptiste Rigaud and Jacques Rigaud, Vue de Versailles, 18th century
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Jean Louis Roullet, Portrait of Jacques Louis de Beringhen, 17th century
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Laurent Cars, Portrait of Frere Jean Jacques, 17th - 18th century

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Further Artwork and Information:

Jean-Jacques Caffieri Online
WIEM: Caffieri Jean-Jacques
Jean-Jacques Caffieri (Getty Museum)
Jean-Jacques Caffieri
CAFFIÉRI, Jean-Jacques
October 2003 Jean-Jacques Caffiéri, Cupid Vanquishing Pan
Grove Art Online
Peabody Art Collection - Jean-Jacques Caffieri
artnet.com: Resource Library: Caffiéri: (4) Jean-Jacques Caffiéri
Jacques Caffiéri

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