Pierre Large the young person

Pierre the Large (Paris April 12th, 1666 - Rome May 3rd, 1719) was a French sculptor, wire and disciple of the royal sculptor Pierre Large elder the. Gaining the Prix of Rome it went to live in Rome for the remainder of its life. It became there the most important sculptor of the years 1695 to approximately 1713.

He worked especially for the Jésuites and the Dominicains, but also for private individuals.

Its major contribution to French art is the Monument of Frederic-Maurice of the Tower of Auvergne, Duc of Bubble and the duchess of Bubble , that the Large one finishes in Rome before 1707 pennies the ordering of their son, Emmanuel-Théodose of the Tower of Auvergne Cardinal of Bubble. Arrived at the Abbey of Cluny in 1709, the tomb was not installed there, because the cardinal grossièment had grossièment insulted the Sun king and had been declared rebellious. At the time of the demolition of the abbey (during the revolution) the sculptures still in cases were saved by the intervention of Alexandre Lenoir, which wanted them for its Musée of the French monuments. The principal figures and the Bas-relief of a battle are today with the Hospital of Cluny.

The Large one returned only once to Paris, in 1715, to undergo an operation. It seems to have had like host his friend Pierre Crozat and the Large one created decorations for him with the cabinet of its hotel in Paris and in the vault of its castle of Montmorency (both destroyed). Because it did not meet the recognition of the royal Académie of painting and sculpture, that it thought of deserving, the Large one goes back to Rome in 1716.

Principal works

; In Rome:

the Religion embanking the Heresy (1695-97/98) and rules of money of St Ignace (1697-99), It Gesù, vault of St Ignace.
Low-relief of S. Luigi Gonzaga (1697-99) and Tomb of the pope Gregoire XV and the cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi (approximately 1709-13), church of St Ignace.
Sarcophagus of the pope Black and white V (1697-98), Holy-Marie-Major Basilica.
Statue of St François Xavier (1702), S. Apollinare.
Tobie and Gabaël (1702-05), Cappella LED Assembles di Pietà.
Stanislas Kostka (1702-03), Saint-Andrew Church of Quirinal.
St Dominique (1702-06), Basilica Saint-Pierre.
Apostle Thomas (C. 1703-11) and Apostle Barthelemy (C. 1703-12), Midsummer's Day Basilica of Lateran.
Statue of the Cardinal Casanate (1706-08), Biblioteca Casanatense.
S. Filippo Neri (1708-10), S. Girolamo della Carità, Cappella Antamori.
Vault of S. Francesco di Paola (1711-14), S. Giacomo degl' Incurabili.

; In France:

Vetturie (1692-95), Paris, Garden of Tileries.
Monument of the Duke of Bubble and his wife (after 1697, in 1707 already supplements), Cluny, Hôtel-Dieu.

; Elsewhere:

Statue of Henri II of the Holy roman Empire (1714-19), Abbey of Montecassino.
co. Christine and co. Therese , Turin (approximately 1717-18/19), Cathedral.
Apostle Thomas , ground-cooked (approximately 1703-04), Los Angeles County Museum off Art.

References

Gerhard Bissell, Pierre Large the 1666-1719 , Reading (If Vede) 1997 (in German).
Robert Enggass, Early Eighteenth-Century Sculpture in Rome , University Park and London (Pennsylvania State University Near) 1976 (in English).
François Souchal, French Sculptors off the 17th and 18th Centuries. The Reign off Louis XIV , vol. II, Oxford (Cassirer) 1981, vol. IV, London (Faber) 1993 (in English).
Pierre Large the II on-line
Web Gallery off Art: Pierre the Large the Younger
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See too

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