Francis de Saint-Vidal
Francis de Saint-Vidal (16 January 1840 – 18 August 1900) was a 19th-century French sculptor and medalist. He was a pupil of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux.
Francis de Saint-Vidal
Francis de Saint-Vidal (1840-1900) · https: Les arts 1907 · Public domain
- Born
- 16 January 1840
- Birthplace
- Milan, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
- Died
- 18 August 1900
- Place of death
- Paris, French Third Republic
- Occupation
- Sculptor
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- French
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Francis de Saint-Vidal (16 January 1840 – 18 August 1900) was a 19th-century French sculptor and medalist. He was a pupil of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux.
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Francis de Saint-Vidal was a medalist and sculptor, of French nationality. The medalist was born in Milan and died in Riom. Languages used include French.
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• Born — 16 January 1840 • Birthplace — Milan, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia • Died — 18 August 1900 • Place of death — Paris, French Third Republic • Occupation — Sculptor
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• Bust of Ludwig van Beethoven at Musée des beaux-arts de Bordeaux • La nuit, marble statue, 1884 • Fountain representing the five parts of the world under the Eiffel Tower for the Exposition Universelle (1889), cast produced by the fonderie de Tusey (exact title: La Nuit essayant d'arrêter le génie de la lumière qui s'efforce d'éclairer la vérité - illustration) today on the esplanade des Invalides. It was at the time the subject of a book by Bouniceau-Gesmon and published in Le Monde illustré n° 1656 22 December 1888. • Bronze statue of Alphonse de Neuville, Place Wagram in Paris, 1889, missing. • Funerary monument to Alphonse de Neuville at Montmartre Cemetery, 23rd division, 1894. • Statue of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux at Musée de l'Histoire de France (Versailles). • Ain El Fouara Fountain in Sétif (1898) • Monument in honor of Claude Humbert Piarron de Chamousset (1717–1773), built at the intersection between rue Bonaparte and rue de l'Abbaye in Saint-Germain-des-Prés and inaugurated 3 September 1900 by President Émile Loubet. • Monument to Hector Berlioz (and in Mainz a work after this monument by Francis de Saint-Vidal).
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1840
Francis de Saint-Vidal born at Milan.
1900
Francis de Saint-Vidal died at Riom.
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Francis de Saint-Vidal was born at Milan.
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Francis de Saint-Vidal died at Riom.
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Riom.
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