Statue de Vauban au château de Versailles

Charles-Antoine Bridan (31 July 1730 – 28 April 1805) was a French sculptor. Bridan was born in Ravières, and initially studied under

Jean-Joseph Vinache Jean-Joseph Vinache (1696 – 1 December 1754) was a French sculptor who served as the court sculptor to Augustus II, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony. Vinache's equestrian monument of Augustus, known as the "Gilded Horseman" (''Goldener Rei ...

. He attended the

Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture The Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture (; en, "Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture") was founded in 1648 in Paris, France. It was the premier art institution of France during the latter part of the Ancien Régime until it was abol ...

where he won the

Prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...

in 1754 for his work, '' Massacre of the Innocents''. His award enabled him to travel, whereupon he attended the school at the

French Academy in Rome The French Academy in Rome (french: Académie de France à Rome) is an Academy located in the Villa Medici, within the Villa Borghese, on the Pincio (Pincian Hill) in Rome, Italy. History The Academy was founded at the Palazzo Capranica in 1 ...

. He remained in Italy until 1762 and then returned to the Académie in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

. He completed a marble sculpture, ''The Martyrdom of

Saint Bartholomew Bartholomew (Aramaic: ; grc, Βαρθολομαῖος, translit=Bartholomaîos; la, Bartholomaeus; arm, Բարթողիմէոս; cop, ⲃⲁⲣⲑⲟⲗⲟⲙⲉⲟⲥ; he, בר-תולמי, translit=bar-Tôlmay; ar, بَرثُولَماو� ...

'', in 1772. On 30 December 1780, Bridan was appointed professor of sculpture. He trained his son,

Pierre-Charles Bridan Pierre-Charles Bridan (1766–1836) was a French sculptor. Pierre-Charles Bridan was a pupil of his father, the sculptor Charles-Antoine Bridan. He attended the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture where he won the Prix de Rome in 1791. ...

, who also became a sculptor.

References

* Exhibition catalog Sculptors of The Louvre. French neo-classical sculptures. 1760 - 1830, Paris, Musée du Louvre, May 23 to September 3, 1990. * Stanislas Lami: Dictionary of sculptors of the French school in the eighteenth century. Volume 1 1730 births 1805 deaths 18th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 18th-century French male artists {{France-sculptor-stub