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David d'Angers

1788 - 1856

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Pierre-Jean David (12 March 1788 – 4 January 1856) was a French sculptor, medalist and active freemason. He adopted the name David d'Angers, following his entry into the studio of the painter Jacques-Louis David in 1809 as a way of both expressing his patrimony and distinguishing himself from the master painter. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David d'Angers is the 63rd most popular sculptor (up from 71st in 2019), the 1,807th most popular biography from France (up from 1,966th in 2019) and the 14th most popular French Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, David d'Angers ranks 63 out of 258. Before him are Bonanno Pisano, Adriaen de Vries, Étienne Maurice Falconet, Bernardo Rossellino, Salvatore Garau, and Jean-Baptiste Pigalle. After him are Pietro Bernini, Isamu Noguchi, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Antonio Corradini, Lars Vilks, and Antenor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1788, David d'Angers ranks 22. Before him are Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, Johan Christian Dahl, Leopold Gmelin, Mikhail Lazarev, Rama III, and Felice Romani. After him are Carl Sigismund Kunth, Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, Friedrich Rückert, Pierre Joseph Pelletier, Mohammed bin Thani, and Carl Reichenbach. Among people deceased in 1856, David d'Angers ranks 20. Before him are Princess Pauline of Württemberg, Wilhelm von Biela, Théodore Chassériau, Manuela Sáenz, 11th Dalai Lama, and Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman. After him are Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, Farkas Bolyai, Princess Elisabeth of Savoy, Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, and Julie Guicciardi.

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In France

Among people born in France, David d'Angers ranks 1,807 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714), Joseph Fesch (1763), Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1674), Jean-Marie Guyau (1854), Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken (1721), and Jean de Meun (1240). After him are Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (1874), Constant Troyon (1810), Georg Muffat (1653), Jacques-François Blondel (1705), Fulk I, Count of Anjou (870), and Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon (1844).

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Among SCULPTORS In France

Among sculptors born in France, David d'Angers ranks 14. Before him are Antoine Bourdelle (1861), Paul Landowski (1875), Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741), François Rude (1784), Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716), and Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714). After him are François Girardon (1628), Antoine Coysevox (1640), Nicolas Coustou (1658), Jean Goujon (1510), César Baldaccini (1921), and Jean de Chelles (1200).

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