Artist: Claude Michel
Date: 1764
Museum: Calouste Gulbenkian Museum (Lisboa, Portugal)
Technique: Terracotta
Clodion, who was brought up within a family of artists, studied at the École des élèves protégés before moving to the Académie de France in Rome, where he acquired the extensive knowledge of Classical Antiquity that was to be vital to him throughout his career. Inspired by the intimate style of the domestic sculpture of Antiquity, Clodion specialised in the execution of small statuettes in terracotta and marble that were highly regarded and sought after by enthusiasts and collectors.The group described as
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