Jean-Jacques Feuchère (24 August 1807 – 26 July 1852) was a French

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

. He was a student of

Jean-Pierre Cortot Jean-Pierre Cortot (20 August 1787 – 12 August 1843) was a French neoclassical sculptor. Life Cortot was born and died in Paris. He was educated at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris, and won the Prix de Rome in 1809, residing in the Vi ...

, and among his students was Jacques-Léonard Maillet.

Selected works

WLA lacma Satan by Jean-Jacques Feuchere

* Relief panel ''Le Pont d'Arcole'',

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, Paris, 1833–1834 * ''Satan'', bronze; dated 1833 (

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). Another example is in the collections of the

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, Brussels. * pediment sculpture, Church of St. Denys du Saint-Sacrement in Paris, 3rd arrondissement, for architect Étienne-Hippolyte Godde, 1835 * ''Portrait statue of the Marquis of Stafford'', bronze 1837. (

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) * ''Amazon Taming a Horse'', bronze; dated 1843. (

); an undated bronze is at the

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. * ''La Loi'' (The Law), Place du

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, Paris. Installed in 1854 * ''Arab Warrior'' on the

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, Paris * ''Fontaine Cuvier'', rue Cuvier, Paris * ''Seated Michelangelo'', bronze * ''Jeanne d'Arc'', Hôtel de ville, Rouen * ''La Madeleine'', Paris

References

External links

Jean-Jacques Feuchère on-line
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Feuchere, Jean-Jacques French architectural sculptors 1807 births 1852 deaths 19th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 19th-century French male artists