MIGNOT, Pierre-Philippe - b. 1715 Paris, d. 1770 Paris - WGA

MIGNOT, Pierre-Philippe

(b. 1715 Paris, d. 1770 Paris)

French sculptor, active in Paris. He trained under Lemoyne and Vassé. He was accepted (agréé) at the Académie in 1757 and from then on assiduous for several years as an exhibitor at the Salon. There he showed the Sleeping Bacchante in 1761.

A Sleepeing Bacchante
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A Sleepeing Bacchante

The Sleeping Bacchante was shown at the Salon of 1761. To contemporaries there seemed something antique in the effect, though the graceful folds of drapery on which the totally nude figure lies look more neo-classic, while the mattress has an obtrusive, ‘modern’ appearance which rather mars the timelessness.

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