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Auguste-Marie Taunay (1768–1824) was a French sculptor. ==Early years== Auguste-Marie Taunay was born in Paris in 1768. He studied sculpture under Jean Guillaume Moitte (1746–1810) at the ''École des Beaux-Arts'' in Paris. At the age of 24 he was awarded the first prize for Sculpture, the ''Prix de Rome'', on 1 September 1792 for a bas-relief. Due to the turmoil of the early phases of the French Revolution (1789–1799) he did not travel to Rome. He worked as a sculptor at the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, a porcelain works, from 1802 to 1807. He decorated the Louvre Palace stairway and made a statue of ''The Cuirassier'' (1807) for the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel. Between 1808 and 1814 he exhibited in several Salons. He made a well-known statue of Napoleon with his arms crossed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Auguste Marie Taunay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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