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Portrait of Pierre-Louis-Marie Maloît
Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, 1775–1785
Portrait of Pierre-Louis-Marie Maloît (1730-1810), one of the 4 eminent doctors who sat to Pigalle. Doctor to Louis XV's daughters and accompanied them into exile at Rome. Wears 'the smile of reason' - so characteristic of portraiture during the Enlightenment. Bronze bust on marble soclet.
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Title of artwork, date
Portrait of Pierre-Louis-Marie Maloît, 1775–1785
Date supported
1979
Medium and material
Bronze, marble
Dimensions
61 cm
Grant
4737
Total cost
18950
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