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 view

Object number11.40