# Molière

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CAFFIÉRI, Jean-Jacques](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caffiri-jean-jacques-rfa7b042f1760c6>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Marble, height 166 cm

## Commentary

When he sculpted Molière full length for the &#39;grands hommes&#39; series, over the years 1784 to 1787, he made a drama out of the seated figure who seems to be actor and director as well as writer of plays: a figure seized as if momentarily, arresting the spectator&#39;s attention with that slanted pose and gesticulating left hand.

## Related artworks

- [A River](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caffiri-jean-jacques-rfa7b042f1760c6/a-river-r64b3a8b171e7fd>)
- [Bust of Helvétius](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caffiri-jean-jacques-rfa7b042f1760c6/bust-of-helvtius-r98ba3473de095c>)
- [Bust of Jean de Rotrou](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caffiri-jean-jacques-rfa7b042f1760c6/bust-of-jean-de-rotrou-rbf84ca5dcb4ba5>)
- [Bust of Jean-Philippe Rameau](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caffiri-jean-jacques-rfa7b042f1760c6/bust-of-jean-philippe-rameau-r69da61d33fadb2>)
- [Bust of Jean Restout](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caffiri-jean-jacques-rfa7b042f1760c6/bust-of-jean-restout-r89f820adf51ce2>)
- [Bust of the Astronomer Chanoine Pingré](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caffiri-jean-jacques-rfa7b042f1760c6/bust-of-the-astronomer-chanoine-pingr-rae98922a1f6e77>)
- [Erythrean Sibyl](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caffiri-jean-jacques-rfa7b042f1760c6/erythrean-sibyl-rde6d97553055fb>)
- [Geometry and Architecture](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caffiri-jean-jacques-rfa7b042f1760c6/geometry-and-architecture-r82c64cb377efa1>)
- [Madame du Barry](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caffiri-jean-jacques-rfa7b042f1760c6/madame-du-barry-r4869a557aa7498>)
- [Pierre Corneille](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caffiri-jean-jacques-rfa7b042f1760c6/pierre-corneille-r942f037f985eff>)
- [Portrait Bust of Jean le Rond d&#39;Alembert](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caffiri-jean-jacques-rfa7b042f1760c6/portrait-bust-of-jean-le-rond-dalembert-r7527c5bbe8c5a6>)
- [Reclining Figure of a River God](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/caffiri-jean-jacques-rfa7b042f1760c6/reclining-figure-of-a-river-god-reda706bf96b034>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)