Minneapolis Institute of Art
Portrait Bust of M. de Neuville, Captain of Artillery and Comptroller General
Attributed to Jean-Jacques CaffieriLinkedCulture matchlcp-3c4892c61579
- Date
- c. 1780
- Medium
- Marble
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 453
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
The subject of this bust, Monsieur de Neuville (1701-1780), served as captain of artillery and a fermier général (general tax collector), one of a select group of men who collected taxes for the French monarchy. Jean Galliard de la Bouëxière, the original owner of the Grand Salon, was also a fermier général from 1722 to 1758. The sculptor, Jean-Jacques Caffieri, was born in Paris and studied there before winning a prestigious art scholarship in 1748. The scholarship paid for him to live and study in Rome for four years before returning to Paris. He is best known for his lively and naturalistic portraits of influential Parisians. France, Europe
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- Credit line
- The William Hood Dunwoody Fund
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