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(4) François-Gaspard-Balthazar Adam
(b Nancy, 23 May 1710; d Paris, 18 Aug 1761). Son of (1) Jacob-Sigisbert Adam. He was a pupil of his father and followed his brothers (2) Lambert-Sigisbert and (3) Nicolas-Sébastien to Rome in 1730, later establishing himself in Paris. In 1740 he won second place in the Prix de Rome competition and returned to Rome in 1742, to the Académie de France. From 1747 to 1760 he was in the service of Frederick II of Prussia, who made him his principal sculptor. He executed numerous sculptures for the decoration of the park of Sanssouci at Potsdam, including marble statues of Apollo (1748), Urania (1748), Zephyrus and Flora (1749), Cleopatra and the Asp (1750), Vulcan (1756) and Cybele (1758; all in situ). He was succeeded at Sanssouci by his nephew Sigisbert-François Michel. His work, though unoriginal, helped to spread the French Rococo style in northern Europe.
Part of the Adam (i) family
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