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PierreJeanDavid(March12,1788January4,1856)wasaFrench
sculptorandmedallist.HeadoptedthenameDavidd'Angers,following
hisentryintothestudioofthepainterJacquesLouisDavidin1809asa
wayofbothexpressinghispatrimonyanddistinguishinghimselffrom
themasterpainter.
HewasborninAngersin1788.Hisfatherwasawoodcarverand
ornamentalsculptor,whohadjoinedthevolunteerRepublicanarmyasa
musketeer,fightingagainsttheChouansofLaVende.Hestudiedinthe
studioofJeanJacquesDelusseandin1808traveledtoParistostudyin
thestudioofPhilippeLaurentRoland.WhileinParishedidworkboth
ontheArcdeTriompheandtheexterioroftheLouvre.In1810he
succeededintakingthesecondplaceprizeatthecoledesBeauxArts
forhisOthryades.In1811David'sLaDouleurwonthecole's
competitionfortted'expressionfollowedbyhistakingofthePrixde
RomeforhisEpaminondasinthesameyear.Hespentfiveyearsin
Rome,duringwhichtimehefrequentedthestudioofAntonioCanova
andmadesmalltripsaroundItalytoVenice,NaplesandFlorence.
ReturningfromRomearoundthetimeoftherestorationoftheBourbons
andtheiraccompanyingforeignconquerorsandreturnedroyalists,David
d'AngerswouldnotremainintheneighborhoodoftheTuileries,opting
insteadtotraveltoLondon.HereJohnFlaxmanandotherstookhimto
taskforthepoliticalsinsofDavidthepainter,towhomhewas
erroneouslysupposedtoberelated.Withgreatdifficultyhemadehis
waytoParisagain,whereacomparativelyprosperouscareeropened
beforehim.Hismedallionsandbustswereinmuchrequest,aswellas
ordersformonumentalworks.Oneofthemostfamousofthesewasthat
ofGutenbergatStrassburgbutthosehehimselfvaluedmostwerethe
statueofBarra(JosephBara),adrummerboywhopurportedly
continuedtobeathisdrumuntilthemomentofdeathinthewarinLa
Vende,andthemonumenttotheGreekliberatorMarkosBotsaris.
David'sbustsandmedallionswereverynumerous,andamonghissitters
maybefoundnotonlytheillustriousmenandwomenofFrance,but
manyothersbothofEnglandandGermanycountrieswhichhevisited
professionallyin1827and1829.Hismedallionsnumberover500.

David'sWounded
PhilopoemenintheLouvre

MonumenttoGeneral
Gobert(PreLachaise)

David'sfamerestsfirmlyonhispedimentofthePantheon,hismarble
WoundedPhilopoemenintheLouvreandhisequestrianmonumenttoGeneralJacquesNicolasGobert
inPreLachaiseCemetery.InadditiontothatofGobert,hedidsculpturesforsevenothertombsatPre
Lachaise,includingthebronzebustsofthewriter,HonordeBalzacandphysicianSamuelHahnemann.
IntheMuseDavidinAngersisanalmostcompletecollectionofhisworkseitherintheformofcopies
orintheoriginalmoulds.Asanexampleofhisbenevolenceofcharactermaybementionedhisrushing
offtothesickbedofRougetdeLisle,theauthoroftheMarseillaiseHymn,modellingandcarvinghimin
marblewithoutdelay,makingalotteryofthework,andsendingtothepoetintheextremityofneedthe
proceeds.

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OfRevivingGreece,hismonumenttotheGreekliberatorMarkosBotsaris,showingaGreekchild
readinghisname,VictorHugosaid,"Itisdifficulttoseeanythingmorebeautifulintheworldthis
statuejoinsthegrandeurofPheidiastotheexpressivemannerofPuget."

Contents
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Museums
Notes
References
Externallinks

Museums
Davidd'Angersgallery,MusedesBeauxArts,Angers
MuseCarnavalet,Paris
MusedelaVieromantique,Paris

RevivingGreece,his
BustofArmandde
monumenttothe
Bricqueville,
GreekliberatorMarkos CherbourgOcteville
Botsaris

BustofGeorges
Cuvier,musedu
Louvre

StatueofJeanBartin
Dunkerque

PortraitofHonorde
Balzac

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BustofHonorde
Balzac,cimetiredu
PreLachaise

StatueofDavidde
Pury

StatuedeXavier
Bichat,ParisDescartes
University

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StatueofGutenberg,
Imprimerienationale,
Paris

TombofDavid
d'AngersPre
LachaiseCemetery

TheMuseDavid
d'Angers,intheformer
ToussaintAbbey,
Angers

Notes
References
Attribution
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thepublicdomain:Chisholm,Hugh,ed.(1911)."David,
PierreJean".EncyclopdiaBritannica7(11thed.).
CambridgeUniversityPress.p.862.

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