Born into a family of sculptors and metalworkers, Jacques Caffieri became one of France's most important bronze casters during the reign of Louis XV. As the nephew of Charles Le Brun, the chief designer and painter to Louis XIV, Caffieri had good connections as well as talent and rose quickly, becoming *sculpteur et ciseleur ordinaire des bâtiments du roi* (Sculptor, Bronze Caster and Chaser for t
