03 — ARTWORK
Mausoleum of the Maréchal de Saxe
PIGALLE, Jean-Baptiste · 1776 →
- MEDIUM
- Marble
- TYPE
- Religious
PALETTE
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COMMENTARY
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Pigalle was born and died in Paris. A pupil of Jean-Baptiste II Lemoyne, he spent the years 1736 to 1739 in Rome. The mausoleum of the Maréchal de Saxe, begun between 1752 and 1753 and resumed in 1770, was inaugurated in 1776 in the Lutheran church of St Thomas in Strasbourg. Standing before the pyramid of Immortality, the Maréchal moves towards the sarcophagusA coffin or tomb, made of stone, wood or terracotta, and sometimes (especially among the Greeks and Romans) carved with inscriptions and reliefs. opened by Death, while France tries to intercede; the stricken Hercules symbolizes the French army; the leopard, lion, and eagle represent conquered nations. The strongly literary flavour of the allegories, whose meaning is given in the sculptor's memoirs, does not obscure the masterly technique with which the work is executed.
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Mausoleum of the Maréchal de Saxe by PIGALLE, Jean-Baptiste},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-13},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pigalle-jean-baptiste-r53acec57970c5e/mausoleum-of-the-marchal-de-saxe-rd6c2fcc05e3bab},
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