Artist: Etienne-maurice Falconet (1716 - 1791)
Nationality: French
Movement: Rococo
Media: Sculpture
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Biography:
Etienne-Maurice Falconet first studied sculpture under J.B Lemoyne. He then adopted a style that was purely Rococo. One of his famous works, The Bather, was typical of Falconet; erotic nudes were his preferred subjects. He was director of the Sevres factory from 1757 to 1766 and the business was also responsible for reproducing many of his sculptures in porcelain. Falconet moved to Russia in 1766 and was recommended to Catherine II by Diderot. He remained there for twelve years, completing his greatest sculpture under her patronage. It was an equestrian statue of Peter the Great, unveiled in St. Petersburg in 1782. Falconet, however, had returned to France in 1778. He had a stroke in 1783 that kept him from sculpting. He then began revising his writings that were previously published in 1781. His best-known writing is Reflexions sur la sculpture.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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Etienne-Maurice Falconet - Venus of the Doves n.d. marble National Gallery of Art French
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Etienne Maurice Falconet - French Fidelity Crowning Love c. 1760 marble The Frick Collection French
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General Étienne-Maurice Gérard (1774-1852), Marshal of France, 1816 Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748-1825)Oil on canvas; 77
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Charles Maurice Detmold and Edward Julius Peacocks Etching 1905
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Charles Maurice Detmold and Edward Julius Falcon Etching 1904
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Charles Maurice Detmold and Edward Julius Dawn Etching 19th - 20th century
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Erneste Etienne Narjot Mr. Friant oil on canvas 1883
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Etienne Le Roy Fredericus II 19th century
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Etienne Delaune Asia Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Mercury Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Africa Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Seated woman 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Peace Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Famine Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Europe Engraving 16th century
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Maurice Achener Fribourg etching 1914
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Maurice Achener Sion etching 1914
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Maurice Sterne Vera Segal charcoal on paper 1930
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Etienne Delaune War (set of four engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Mantel Clock
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Etienne Delaune One of Two ornaments, oval Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune One of Two ornaments, oval Engraving 16th century
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Erneste Etienne Narjot The Friant Sisters oil on canvas 1889
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Charles Meryon St. Etienne-du-Mont (Church of St. Stephen of the Mount, Paris) Etching and drypoint 19th century
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Anonymous Etienne Marchand 19th century
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Maurice Realier-Dumas Corinne Color lithograph 1897
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Maurice Sterne Coney Island Etching 19th - 20th century
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Maurice Achener Basilica Palladiana Vicenza etching 1911
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Maurice Delcourt La Famille du raveur Color woodcut 1898
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Etienne Delaune One from Moral Allegories (set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Anonymous Maurice, Prince d*Orange 19th century
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Etienne Delaune One from Moral Allegories (set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune One from Moral Allegories (set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune One from Moral Allegories (set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune One from Moral Allegories (set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune One from Moral Allegories (set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune One from Moral Allegories (set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune One from Moral Allegories (set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune One from Moral Allegories (set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune One from Moral Allegories (set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune One from Moral Allegories (set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Moral Allegories (15 from the set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune One from Moral Allegories (set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune One from Moral Allegories (set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune One from Moral Allegories (set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Moral Allegories (15 from the set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Moral Allegories (15 from the set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Moral Allegories (15 from the set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Moral Allegories (15 from the set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Moral Allegories (15 from the set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Moral Allegories (15 from the set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Moral Allegories (15 from the set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Moral Allegories (15 from the set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Moral Allegories (15 from the set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Moral Allegories (15 from the set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Moral Allegories (15 from the set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Moral Allegories (15 from the set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Moral Allegories (15 from the set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Moral Allegories (15 from the set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Moral Allegories (15 from the set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Moral Allegories (15 from the set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Moral Allegories (15 from the set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Moral Allegories (15 from the set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Moral Allegories (15 from the set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Moral Allegories (15 from the set of 20 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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John Marin Old Mill, St. Maurice Etching 1906
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Etienne Delaune Ornament with Minerva Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Lot and his daughters. From a Set of eleven scenes from the Old Testament Engraving 16th century
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Maurice Denis M. Baron 19th - 20th century
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Etienne Delaune Combat d'Enfants Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune One from History of Apollo and Diana (set of six engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune One from History of Apollo and Diana (set of six engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune One from History of Apollo and Diana (set of six engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune One from History of Apollo and Diana (set of six engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune One from History of Apollo and Diana (set of six engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune One from History of Apollo and Diana (set of six engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune War. From: Peace, Abundance, War and Famine (set of four engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Maurice Denis Tendresse Lithograph in four colors 1893
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Maurice Del Mue Motive for Mural, Lagunitas School, Marin County oil on canvas 1934
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Maurice R. Bebb The Black Swans Aquatint In Col 20th century
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Etienne Delaune Plate M from set of moral allegories Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Elijah fed by the Ravens. From a Set of eleven scenes from the Old Testament Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Laban and Jacob. From a Set of eleven scenes from the Old Testament Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Hagar and the Angel. From a Set of eleven scenes from the Old Testament Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune David and Goliath. From a Set of eleven scenes from the Old Testament Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune The Sacrifice of Abraham. From a Set of eleven scenes from the Old Testament Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Abraham and the three angels. From a Set of eleven scenes from the Old Testament Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Abundance. From: Peace, Abundance, War and Famine (set of four engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Famine. From: Peace, Abundance, War and Famine (set of four engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Peace. From: Peace, Abundance, War and Famine (set of four engravings) Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Combat de Pyrrhus et de Troile Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Combat d'Annibal et de Scipion Engraving 16th century
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Etienne Delaune Combat d'Achille et d'Hector Engraving 16th century
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Maurice Brazil Prendergast, American (born in Canada), 1858-1924 Portrait of Maurice Prendergast"s Father about 1888
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Etienne Delaune Combats and triumphs: Victory (7 from a series of 12 engravings) Engraving 16th century
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LÈopold Flameng Maurice (?) de Latour ET 19th - 20th century
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Maurice Denis Les Pelerins d'Emmaus Lithograph in five colors 1895
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Maurice Denis Alexis Piron 19th - 20th century
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Louis A. Toussaint Saint-Etienne-du-Mont etching 19th century
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Maurice-Louis-Henri Neumont Parisienne Lithograph circa 1890

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (1)
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Haus der Kunst: The Contest Between Painting and Sculpture: From Duerer to Daumier
Painting and sculpture as subjects of themselves have appeared openly in the allegorical personifications of Pictura and Sculptura, but also in the mythological representations of Apelles and the Christian representations of St. Luke painting the ...

Further Artwork and Information:

Etienne-Maurice Falconet Online
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Etienne-maurice Falconet (1891 - 1974) Biography, Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
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Falconet, Étienne Maurice

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