Pierre Le Gros the Younger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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sculptor from France
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Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France
About Pierre Le Gros the Younger
- Pierre Le Gros (12 April 1666 – 3 May 1719) was a French sculptor, active almost exclusively in Baroque Rome.
- Nowadays, his name is commonly written Legros, while he himself always signed as Le Gros; he is frequently referred to either as 'the Younger' or 'Pierre II' to distinguish him from his father, Pierre Le Gros the Elder, who was also a sculptor.
- The "ardent drama" of his work and its Italian location make him more an Italian, than a French, sculptor.
- Despite being virtually unknown to the general public today, he was the pre-eminent sculptor in Rome for nearly two decades, until he was finally superseded at the end of his life by the more classicizing Camillo Rusconi.
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