Child with Bird and Apple
MakerPossibly cast by Pierre-Phillipe Thomire, after
Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
(French, 1714 - 1785)
Makerformerly attributed to
Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
(French, 1714 - 1785)
Additional Title(s)
- La fillette à l'oiseau et a la pomme
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Dateca. 1823
Mediumbronze
Dimensions17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm.)
DescriptionThis sculpture of a young girl was produced by French sculptor Pierre-Philippe Thomire as a pendant of the bronze statue portraying the Child with Bird Cage (11.39). They reproduce a famous pair of marble statues that the French artist Jean-Baptiste Pigalle sculpted in 1749 and 1784.
SignedPiGALLE. F. / 1784 is cast into the metal on top of the base; Signed: Pigalle F. 1784
Signed: Pigalle F. 1784
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Label TextThis bronze is based on one half of a famous pair of marble sculptures of children carved by the French sculptor Jean-Baptiste Pigalle. The boy with the birdcage was carved around 1750. Years later, in 1784, he carved as its pendant the girl with a bird and apple. The models were so popular that many versions were made in both marble and bronze from 18th century through the early 20th century.Status
On viewObject number11.40
Jean-Baptiste Oudry
ca. 1710
Object number: 78.20.11
