Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne
(1704–1778) French sculptor (1704-1778)
Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (France, 1704–1778) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a sculptor. By year of birth, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne belongs to the chapter ‘Rococo’ in this site’s history of art.
Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne was born in Paris and died in Paris. Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne studied under Robert Le Lorrain. Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne worked in Paris. Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne became a member of Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen. The students included Augustin Pajou and Jean Guillaume Moitte.
One of the best-known works is ‘fontaine des Quatre-Saisons’. The catalogue has 8 works by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne with free images. The dated works span the years 1679–1776. Works by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne are held by several collections, among them Skulpturutställningen vid Louvren, Musée des Augustins, Cleveland Museum of Art, and Sculptures in the National Gallery of Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Corrado Giaquinto, François Boucher, Samuel Scott, Johann Georg Platzer, and Francesco Queirolo.