Identifier: frencharchitects00dilk (find matches)
Title: French architects and sculptors of the XVIIIth century
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Dilke, Emilia Francis Strong, Lady, 1840-1904
Subjects: Architects Sculpture, French Sculptors
Publisher: London, G. Bell and sons
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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lusbeaux ouvrages, was also presented by him to the Comedie, andfigured in the memorable demonstration which took place after 1 Lenoir gives a long list in his Musee des Mon. Francais, t. v. 2 Quinault exhibited 1771 ; Pierre Corneille, 1777 and 1779; Lafontaine, 1779;de Rotrou, 1783; Thomas Corneille, 1783 and 1785; Rousseau, 1787; de Belloy,1765 and 1789. See also letters of Feb., 1778, and 14 Dec, 1791. Les Caffieri,p. 356. A bust of de la Chaussee was executed in the same year as that of ThomasCorneille. Ibid., p. 344. 3 Received by the French Academy in 1772. See Discours de reception alAcademie Francaise, Eloge du Comte de Clermont, et rdponse de lAbbe Batteux.His first great success was obtained by his play Zelmire. Bachaumont, 6 Mai, 1762. 4 Les Caffieri, p. 238. 5 7£/V.,p. 357. The superb terra-cotta bust of Piron is in theMuseede Dijon,No.972. 6 A cast of this bust, signed and dated 1760, is in the Library of Ste. Genevieve.On these works see Les Caffieri, pp. 191, 197. Il8
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Jean de Rotrou. By Jean-Jacques Caffieri.(Theatre Francais.) the representation of Irene on 30th March, 1778. This has Thealso disappeared.1 Until M. Guiffrey published the volume in Je^lls ofwhich he zealously brought together every fad: which it was Baptistepossible to collect concerning * Les Caffieri, it had always been Lemoyne:taken for granted that the bust of Voltaire by Houdon was that jacqueswhich had served on this occasion ; but it is now certain that Caffierithe societaires accepted CafBeris gift of the cast from Lemoynes ustjnearly bust on the 16th of March, 1778, whereas they were not in pajou.possession of the bust by Houdon before the 18th February, 1779.2 On various occasions Caffieri seems to have essayed to measurehimself against the brilliant pupil of Pigalle. He had been thefirst to seize on Franklin,3 as he had seized on Rousseau,4 and oneach attempt we find that when Houdon takes in hand the samesubject, his work makes a deeper impression than that of his elderr

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