# Mausoleum of the Maréchal de Saxe [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PIGALLE, Jean-Baptiste]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Marble ## Commentary For about twenty years Pigalle worked on the tomb of Maurice of Saxony, his finest accomplishment. The tomb avoided the common pitfalls of compositions of works on that scale by subtly organizing all the figures around the movement of the hero. In an inventive funeral march, the heroic marshal calmly descends a set of steps toward death and glory, flanked by allegories \(Hercules, France, Love\) and symbols of power \(lion, leopard\). Pigalle managed to revitalize all the elements in this superbly orchestrated ensemble. ## Related artworks - [Bust of Madame de Pompadour]() - [Bust of Madame de Pompadour]() - [Bust of Voltaire]() - [Bust of Voltaire]() - [Child with a Birdcage]() - [Child with a Birdcage]() - [Child with Birdcage]() - [Madame de Pompadour as Friendship]() - [Madame de Pompadour as Friendship]() - [Mausoleum of the Maréchal de Saxe \(detail\)]() - [Mausoleum of the Maréchal de Saxe \(detail\)]() - [Mausoleum of the Maréchal de Saxe]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()