Pierre de l'Estache (,

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- 28 November 1774,

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) was a French sculptor. He produced a copy of the Kallipygian Venus in Rome in 1722-23, for

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's ''Grosser Garten'' in Dresden (this copy was destroyed with the gardens in 1945). He was president of the

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in 1737-1738. His son Charles de L'Estache was also a sculptor (?-14 March 1811)

References

Bibliography

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Anne-Lise Desmas, ''Pierre de L'Estache (1688 ca. - 1774) : un sculpteur français à Rome entre institutions nationales et grands chantiers pontificaux, in Studiolo, 1, 2002''
(includes a catalogue of his work, biography, reception and bibliography) {{DEFAULTSORT:Estache, Pierre De L 1680s births 1774 deaths Sculptors from Paris 18th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 18th-century French male artists