French sculptor and medal designer
Pierre Joseph Chardigny
Born 20 February 1794 Died 20 April 1866 (1866-04-21 ) (aged 72)Paris, France
Occupation Sculptor Parent(s) Barthélémy-François Chardigny Marie Rose Demongé
Pierre Joseph Chardigny (1794–1866) was a French sculptor and medal designer.
Early life
Pierre Joseph Chardigny was born in 1794 in Aix-en-Provence .[1] [2] His father, Barthélémy-François Chardigny , was a sculptor.[1] He learned sculpture from François Joseph Bosio .[1] [2]
Career
Chardigny designed many sculptures, some of which are held in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art ,[3] the Princeton University Art Museum ,[4] the Château de Pau ,[5] and the Musée Baron-Martin .[6]
Medal depicting Alexandre Angélique de Talleyrand-Périgord , designed by Chardigny.
Chardigny suggested the design of a 100-foot statue in the shape of William Shakespeare in London, where visitors could go in, but it was turned down on the grounds that it would dehumanize him.[7]
Death
Chardigny died in 1866.[3] [4]
References
^ a b c Parrocel, Étienne (1867). Annales de la peinture: discours et fragments . Marseille: En vent chez l'auteur. pp. 205 –215. OCLC 222894854 . Barthélémy-François Chardigny.
^ a b Rondot, Natalis (1904). Les médailleurs et les graveurs de monnaies, jetons et médailles en France . Paris: E. Leroux. p. 380. ISBN 9788490012789 . OCLC 12647300 .
^ a b "Bust of the Marquis de Lafayette" . Metropolitan Museum of Art . Retrieved December 4, 2016 .
^ a b "Pierre Joseph Chardigny (French, 1794–1866)" . Princeton University Art Museum . Retrieved December 4, 2016 .
^ "Pierre Joseph Chardigny" . Réunion des Musées Nationaux . Retrieved December 4, 2016 .
^ "Les sculptures" . Musée Baron-Martin . Retrieved December 4, 2016 .
^ Thomas, Julia (2012). Shakespeare's shrine : the Bard's birthplace and the invention of Stratford-upon-Avon . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 32. ISBN 9780812244236 . OCLC 768792996 .