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Clodion

1738

WA-00073743

Sculpture

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About

Why this artist matters now

Claude Michel, known as Clodion, was a French sculptor in the Rococo style, especially noted for his works in marble, bronze, & terracotta.

Source: Nga · Trust score: 40% · Updated 11d ago

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Artworks (18)

Satyress and Child

1803 · terracotta

Diameter: 30.7 cm (12 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Young Woman and Child at Play

1780 · terracotta

Overall: 30.8 x 29.1 x 22.4 cm (12 1/8 x 11 7/16 x 8 13/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Pair of Eight Light Candelabra

1780 · Patinated and gilded bronze

124.5 × 46 × 30.3 cm (49 × 18 1/8 × 11 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Model for a Proposed Monument to Commemorate the Invention of the Balloon

1779 · Terracotta

Overall (confirmed): 43 1/8 x 24 3/4 x 20 3/8 in. (109.5 x 62.9 x 51.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Children and Satyr Children with a Pantheress and Her Cubs

1776 · Terracotta

9 5/8 x 31 1/8 in. (24.4 x 79.1 cm.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Children and satyr children leading a goat to sacrifice (part of a group)

1776 · Stucco

Overall (visible dimensions, confirmed): H. 61 1/2 x W. 252 3/4 in. (156.2 x 642 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Children and Satyr Children Sporting with a Goat

1776 · Terracotta

10 x 30 1/2 in. (25.4 x 77.5 cm.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Intoxication of Wine

1775 · Terracotta

Overall (confirmed): H. 23 x W. 16 7/8 x D. 11 1/4 in. (58.4 x 42.9 x 28.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Girl with Doves

1775 · Cast terracotta

Height: 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bust of a Satyr

1770 · Terracotta

15.8 × 15.3 × 8 cm (6 3/16 × 6 × 3 1/8 in.); Base: 10.8 × 11.4 cm (4 5/16 × 4 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Young Satyr Running with an Owl

1770 · terracotta

Overall: 32 x 15.2 x 16.4 cm (12 5/8 x 6 x 6 7/16 in.); with base: 45.1 cm (17 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Young Girl Carrying a Garland of Roses on a Platter

1770 · terracotta

Overall: 45.1 x 15.2 x 17.3 cm (17 3/4 x 6 x 6 13/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Young Satyress Running with an Owl's Nest and Young Satyr Running with an Owl (pair of statuettes)

1770 · terracotta

Overall: 32.1 x 14.8 x 18.1 cm (12 5/8 x 5 13/16 x 7 1/8 in.); with base: 45.1 cm (17 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Young Satyress Running with an Owl's Nest

1770 · terracotta

Overall: 32.1 x 14.8 x 18.1 cm (12 5/8 x 5 13/16 x 7 1/8 in.); with base: 45.1 cm (17 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Minerva

1766 · Terracotta

Height: 18 3/4 in. (47.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vase

1766 · Marble

36.4 × 19.9 cm (14 5/16 × 7 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Design for an Archivolt: Two Fauns Supporting an Urn

1758 · Red chalk, on buff laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper

31.3 × 46 cm (12 3/8 × 18 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Child Carrying Fruit and Flowers

1750 · terracotta

Overall: 42.2 x 12.8 x 15.3 cm (16 5/8 x 5 1/16 x 6 in.); without base: 35.3 cm (13 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (4)

18 published of 23 catalogued · 18 with image

The Met
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Art Institute Chicago
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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

Child Carrying Fruit and Flowers
1750 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Young Satyr Running with an Owl
1770 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Satyress and Child
1803 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Young Girl Carrying a Garland of Roses on a Platter
1770 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Young Satyress Running with an Owl's Nest and Young Satyr Running with an Owl (pair of statuettes)
1770 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Young Woman and Child at Play
1780 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Young Satyress Running with an Owl's Nest
1770 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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