JACQUOT, Georges
(b. 1794 Nancy, d. 1874 Paris)
French sculptor. He was the pupil of the painter Antoine-Jean Gros and the sculptor François-Joseph Bosio. In 1820 he won in sculpture the Premier Grand Prix de Rome with his statue of Cain the Damned.
Paris and Helena
This relief is an excellent example of the strict Neoclassicsm, the dominant style in the first quarter of the 19th century.
Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 3 minutes):
Cristoph Willibald Gluck: Paride ed Elena, Paris’ aria