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Pigalle, Jean-Baptiste
(b Paris, 26 Jan 1714; d Paris, 21 Aug 1785). French sculptor. He was, along with Etienne-Maurice Falconet and Augustin Pajou, one of the most eminent sculptors in mid-18th-century France. His best-known work is the statue of Mercury Attaching his Winged Sandals, and he produced many other works on mythological themes. His monument to Maurice, Maréchal de Saxe (marble and bronze; Strasbourg, St Thomas) is one of the most spectacular mausolea of its century. Although he was not a prolific portrait sculptor, his busts are notable for their naturalness and delicacy of technique.
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- Pigalle, Jean-Baptiste
- France, §IV, 4: Sculpture, c 1700–c 1814
- assistants
- collaboration
- groups and movements
- patrons and collectors
- pupils
- reproductive prints by others
- teachers
- works
- Bouchardon: (1) Edme Bouchardon
- Cartellier, Pierre
- Monument, public, §5: Neo-classicism
- Nude, §3: Baroque, Rococo and Neo-classicism, 1600–1800
- Reims, §I: History and urban development
- Statue, §2(ii)(b): After c 1400: Public monuments: Worthies
- Terracotta, §II, 2(i)(c): History and uses: Western world: Sculpture: 17th–18th century
- Tomb, §VI, 3(i): Western world, c 1600–c 1780: Formal and iconographical developments
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