Jean-Baptiste Stouf (

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 ...

1742–Charenton-le-Pont 1826) was a French sculptor known especially for his commemorative portrait busts and expressive emotional content. Bust_of_Belisarius_by_Jean-Baptiste_Stouf

Bust_of_Belisarius_by_Jean-Baptiste_Stouf

Biography

Stouf was a pupil of Guillaume II Coustou, son of the great French baroque sculptor

Guillaume Coustou Guillaume Coustou the Elder (29 November 1677, Lyon – 22 February 1746, Paris) was a French sculptor of the Baroque and Louis XIV style. He was a royal sculptor for Louis XIV and Louis XV and became Director of the Royal Academy of Painting ...

. Stouf's ''Bust of Belisarius'' at the J. Paul Getty Museum shows the general of

Justinian Justinian I (; la, Iustinianus, ; grc-gre, Ἰουστινιανός ; 48214 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was the Byzantine emperor from 527 to 565. His reign is marked by the ambitious but only partly realized ''renovat ...

, blinded, as a beggar, in a manner that suggests a philosopher or saint. His reception piece for 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 ...

in 1785, the ''Death of Abel'', shows Cain's victim sprawled full-length on the ground ( Louvre Museum). The

Detroit Museum of Art The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), located in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, has one of the largest and most significant art collections in the United States. With over 100 galleries, it covers with a major renovation and expansion project complete ...

has a terracotta sketch for a ''Hercules Vanquishing Two Centaurs''.

External links

Louvre Museum Official Website:
Jean-Baptiste Stouf: 6 sculptures * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stouf, Jean Baptiste 18th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 19th-century French sculptors Members of the Académie des beaux-arts 1742 births 1826 deaths 18th-century French male artists