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JEAN-JACQUES PRADIER (1790 - 1852) Sappho Silvered and gilt bronze, 47cm high Signed and dated 1848 Jean-Jacques Pradier was a sculptor born in Geneva and renowned for his work in the neoclassical style. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and studied sculpture with François-Frédéric Lemot. He won the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1813, allowing him to reside at the Villa Medici as a pensionnaire until late 1818. Pradier’s work gained international recognition, particularly through his distribution of small-scale sculptures, which included both reductions of his large-scale works and specially designed pieces for the market, primarily cast in bronze. Several versions of his sculptures were made in silver and gilt-bronze. The sculpture of the Greek poet Sappho is based on Pradier’s larger original bronze, first exhibited at the 1848 Paris Salon. The original was acquired by Queen Victoria for Osborne House, Isle of Wright and it now forms part of the Royal Collection Trust. A second bronze version is housed at the Dahesh Museum in New York. The sculpture depicts an allegorical figure of Sappho leaning against an Ionic column inscribed ‘J. Pradier 1848’, holding a lyre in her left hand.
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