según Clodion - Sculpture, Niño con cabrita - 18 cm - Patinated bronze

Exquisite bronze figure signed CLODION (Claude Michel). It depicts a child playing with a little goat.
• Born in Nancy in 1738 into the celebrated Adam family dynasty of sculptors.
• Early training: He moved to Paris in 1755 to study with his uncle Lambert-Sigisbert Adam and later with the renowned sculptor Jean-Baptiste Pigalle.
• Recognition: His talent was quickly established when he won the Académie Royale’s grand prize for sculpture in 1759.

Success in Rome (1762–1771)

• Time in Italy: He won the coveted Prix de Rome and moved to Italy in 1762, where he remained for nearly a decade.
• International clientele: His studio in Rome was extremely busy, receiving commissions from local nobility and collectors throughout Europe (including Catherine the Great of Russia).

Maturity and the French Revolution (1771–1814)

• Return to Paris: He returned to France in 1771, where he became one of the most sought-after decorative sculptors of the Rococo and early Neoclassical styles.
• Political impact: The outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789 temporarily brought demand for his aristocratic and sensual-themed works to a halt.
• Later years: He adapted to the changing times by creating monumental reliefs for the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel and died in Paris in 1814.