Jacob-Sigisbert Adam
Jacob-Sigisbert Adam (* 28. October 1670 in Nancy , France ; † 6. May 1747 ) was a French sculptor of the Baroque .
Jacob-Sigisbert Adam was already regarded as a renowned sculptor who did commissioned work for the kings Louis XIV and Louis XV. made in Metz and Paris . In the French capital, he also worked like his son Lambert-Sigisbert in the studio of the sculptor François Dumont .
Of his three sons, all of whom were apprenticed to him, Lambert-Sigisbert Adam (* 1700 ; † 1759 ), who later worked as a team with his younger brother Nicolas Sébastien Adam (* 1705 ; † 1778 ), was the most important representative of the Adam family. The youngest of the brothers, François Gaspard Adam , was later appointed as court sculptor at the court of Frederick the Great .
Hailing from Lorraine , the Adams belonged to a long line of bronze casters and sculptors in Nancy. Through his daughter Anna, who had married the sculptor Thomas Michel from Metz, Jacob-Sigisbert Adam was the grandfather of the also well-known sculptor Claude Michel Clodion .
literature
- Geneviève Bresc-Bautier, Isabelle Leroy-Jay Lemaistre (sous la direction de Jean-René Gaborit, avec la collaboration de Jean-Charles Agboton, Hélène Grollemund, Michèle Lafabrie, Béatrice Tupinier-Barillon), Musée du Louvre. département des sculptures du Moyen Âge, de la Renaissance et des temps moderne. Sculpture française II. Renaissance et temps modern. vol. 1 Adam - Gois, Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, 1998
- Erika Langmuir, The Pan Art Dictionary. Volume One - 1300-1800. Pan Books Ltd. : London 1989, ISBN 0-330-30923-4
- Jean de Viguerie, Histoire et dictionnaire du temps des Lumières. 1715 - 1789, Paris, Robert Laffont, coll.Bouquins , 2003 - ISBN 2221048105
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| SURNAME | Adam, Jacob-Sigisbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French baroque sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1670 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nancy , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 6, 1747 |
| Place of death | Nancy , France |