ADAM, Nicolas-Sébastien (b. 1705, Nancy, d. 1778, Paris) |
Prometheus1737Marble, height 115 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris | ||
Adam's art was influenced by the Italian Baroque, which he had assimilated in Rome. Prometheus, the artist's presentation piece for the Academy in 1737, reveals a facile inspiration, great technical skill ostentatiously displayed, and a real sense for the decorative. His Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite at Versailles, created with his brother Nicolas-Sebastian, is an exemplary work of French Rococo sculptural style.
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