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**Voltaire Naked**
	sculpture by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
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Instance of	sculpture
Depicts	Voltaire; nudity; old age; drapery; lyre; mask; smile; paper; writing implement; elderly people; underweight; man; broad-leaved tree; philosophy; sitting; trunk; scroll;
Material used	marble;
Genre	portrait sculpture; nude;
Location	Room 220, France, France
Creator	Jean-Baptiste Pigalle;
Commissioned by	Suzanne Curchod;
Owned by	France;
Collection	Department of Sculptures of the Louvre (1962–);
Inventory number	ENT 1962.1;
Inception	1776;
Significant event	order (1770);
Width	0.89 m;
Height	1.5 m;
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Jean-Baptiste Pigalle: Voltaire Naked

Artist



Description	French sculptor
Date of birth/death	26 January 1714	21 August 1785
Location of birth/death	Paris	Paris
Work period	from 1740s date QS:P,+1740-00-00T00:00:00Z/8 until 1780s date QS:P,+1780-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Work location	Paris
Authority control	: Q529623 VIAF: 22151695 ISNI: 0000 0000 6641 1620 ULAN: 500024799 LCCN: n86146960 WGA: PIGALLE, Jean-Baptiste GND: 118792113 SUDOC: 028062094 BNF: 14035403p NKC: ola2013798655 KulturNav: aa6f83c3-ce6f-4f9b-98a2-35df803e67d0 RKD: 109611 Koninklijke: 074127063 WorldCat

Title

Voltaire

Object type

sculpture

Genre

portrait sculpture

Depicted people

Voltaire

Date

1776

Medium

marble

Dimensions

Height: 1.5 m (59 in)

; Width: 0.8 m (35 in)

Collection

Louvre Museum (Inventory)

	Native name	Musée du Louvre
	Parent institution	Établissement public du musée du Louvre
	Location	Paris
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 37″ N, 2° 20′ 15″ E
	Established	1793
	Web page	www.louvre.fr
	Authority control	: Q19675 VIAF: 257711507 ISNI: 0000 0001 2260 177X ULAN: 500125189 LCCN: n80020283 NLA: 35912436 WorldCat

Current location

Department of Sculptures of the Louvre

Room 220

Accession number

ENT 1962.1

Object history

17 April 1770: unknown event: order

Credit line

Dépôt de l'Institut de France, 1962

Inscriptions

A MONSIEUR DE VOLTAIRE PAR LES GENS DE LETTRES/ SES COMPATRIOTES, ET SES CONTEMPORAINS. 1776.

PIGALLE/ .f. 1776

Notes

Français : La statue fut réalisée grâce à une souscription lancée par les gens de lettres en 1770. Pigalle, qui avait modelé la tête de Voltaire à Ferney, sculpta le corps décharné d'un vieillard sans souci d'idéalisation. L'écrivain, au départ inquiet du parti-pris esthétique de Pigalle, l'accepta finalement : "Il faut laisser M. Pigalle le maître absolu de la statue ; c'est un crime en fait de beaux-arts de mettre des entraves au génie".

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