Category:Voltaire nu

**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 and scroll
Made from material	marble;
Genre	portrait sculpture; nude;
Location	Room 220, Richelieu Wing, Louvre Palace, 1st arrondissement of Paris, Paris Centre, Paris, Grand Paris
Creator	Jean-Baptiste Pigalle;
Commissioned by	Suzanne Curchod;
Owned by	France; Institut de France;
Collection	Institut de France (1807–1962); Department of Sculptures of the Louvre (long-term loan);
Inventory number	ENT 1962.01;
Inception	1776;
Significant event	order (1770);
Width	0.89 m;
Height	1.5 m;
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	Q15731486; Joconde work ID: M5037000845; Louvre Museum ARK ID: 010090767
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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 file	: Q529623 VIAF: 22151695 ISNI: 0000000066411620 ULAN: 500024799 LCCN: n86146960 WGA: p/pigalle GND: 118792113 SUDOC: 028062094 BNF: 14035403p NKC: ola2013798655 KulturNav: aa6f83c3-ce6f-4f9b-98a2-35df803e67d0 RKD: 109611 J9U: 987007339048905171 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)

; thickness: 0.7 m (30.3 in)

Collection

Louvre Museum (Inventory)

	Native name	Louvre Museum
	Location	1st arrondissement of Paris , France
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 20′ 09″ E
	Established	10 August 1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority file	: Q19675 VIAF: 257711507 ISNI: 000000012260177X ULAN: 500125189 LCCN: n80020283 NLA: 35912436 WorldCat

Current location

Department of Sculptures of the Louvre

Room 220

Accession number

ENT 1962.01

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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Voltaire nu - détail.jpg 2,304 × 3,456; 3.05 MB
Voltaire nu 2.jpg 2,304 × 3,456; 2.1 MB
Voltaire nu, Pigalle (Louvre ENT 1962. 1) 01.jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 8.52 MB
Voltaire nu, Pigalle (Louvre ENT 1962. 1) 02.jpg 3,441 × 4,590; 6.46 MB
Voltaire nu, Pigalle (Louvre ENT 1962. 1) 03.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 7.8 MB
Voltaire nu, Pigalle (Louvre ENT 1962. 1) 04.jpg 3,456 × 3,456; 5.86 MB
Voltaire nu, Pigalle (Louvre ENT 1962. 1) 05.jpg 4,982 × 3,319; 7.95 MB
Voltaire nu, Pigalle (Louvre ENT 1962. 1) 06.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 9 MB
Voltaire nu, Pigalle (Louvre ENT 1962. 1) 07.jpg 3,456 × 5,184; 8.48 MB
Voltaire nu, Pigalle (Louvre ENT 1962. 1) 08.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 7.73 MB
Voltaire nu, Pigalle (Louvre ENT 1962. 1) 09.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 8 MB
Voltaire nu, Pigalle (Louvre ENT 1962. 1) 10.jpg 3,456 × 3,456; 5.58 MB
Voltaire nu, Pigalle (Louvre ENT 1962. 1) 11.jpg 4,972 × 3,313; 7.27 MB
Voltaire nu, Pigalle (Louvre ENT 1962. 1) 12.jpg 5,030 × 3,351; 6.87 MB
Voltaire nu.jpg 2,304 × 3,456; 2.99 MB

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