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Clodion (Claude Michel) French. 1766. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 552. The entertaining French sculptor Claude Michel—called Clodion— spent nine years in Italy (1762–71), where he attended the French Academy in Rome and studied important collections of antiquities.
Claude Michel, conocido como Clodion, (20 de diciembre de 1738 - París, 29 de marzo de 1814), fue un escultor francés, proveniente del ducado de Lorena. Pasó su infancia en Nancy y Lille.
Claude Michel (20 December 1738 – 29 March 1814), known as Clodion, was a French sculptor in the Rococo style, especially noted for his works in marble, bronze, & terracotta.
Artist: Clodion (Claude Michel) (French, Nancy 1738–1814 Paris) Date: ca. 1780–90. Culture: French, Paris. Medium: Terracotta. Dimensions: 8 3/4 x 15 1/4 in. (22.2 x 38.7 cm.) Classification: Sculpture. Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Barbara Lowe Fallass, 1962. Accession Number: 62.213.2
The first successful ascension of the hot-air balloon was achieved by the Montgolfier brothers in 1783. It lasted only ten minutes but was widely celebrated. By the end of the year, the French crown floated a proposed monument. Clodion was one of seven talented sculptors to compete.
21 de feb. de 2024 · Drawing primarily from pagan antiquity, he created light-hearted terracotta sculptures that epitomized the Rococo style. Late in his life, when Neoclassial works were more popular, Clodion adjusted his style and worked on major public monuments in Paris.
The agitation caused by the Revolution drove Clodion in 1792 to Nancy, where he remained until 1798, his energies being spent in the decoration of houses. Among Clodion's works are a statue of Montesquieu, a Dying Cleopatra, and a chimneypiece at present in the South Kensington Museum.
