Louis-Philippe Mouchy (31 March 1734 – 10 December 1801) was a French sculptor.

Early years

Louis-Philippe Mouchy was born in 1734. He was a student of

Jean-Baptiste Pigalle Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (; 26 January 1714 – 20 August 1785) was a French sculptor whose work was influenced by both baroque and neo-classical trends. Life Pigalle was born in Paris, the seventh child of a carpenter. Although he failed to ob ...

, and married Pigalle's niece. Mouchy followed Pigalle's style closely throughout his career. He was given provisional membership of the ''

Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture The Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (; ) was founded in 1648 in Paris, France. It was the premier art institution of France during the latter part of the Ancien Régime until it was abolished in 1793 during the French Revolution. I ...

'' on 27 September 1766 and was admitted as a full academician on 25 June 1768. His reception piece was ''Un Berger qui se repose'' (''Shepherd at Rest''). Diderot described this work as "a rather literal copy of the first figure one sees to the left when entering the

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from the

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Academician

Mouchy made a statue of ''Cupid Carving his Darts from the Club of Hercules'' from an original by

Edmé Bouchardon Edmé Bouchardon (; 29 May 169827 July 1762) was a French sculptor best known for his neoclassical statues in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles, his medals, his equestrian statue of Louis XV of France for the Place de la Concorde (destro ...

. The copy was installed in a small round Temple of Love built for

Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette (; ; Maria Antonia Josefa Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last List of French royal consorts, queen of France before the French Revolution and the establishment of the French First Republic. She was the ...

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in the garden of the

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. Mouchy collaborated with

Simon-Louis Boizot Louis-Simon Boizot (1743–1809) was a French sculptor whose models for biscuit figures for Sèvres porcelain are better-known than his large-scale sculptures. Biography Boizot was the son of Antoine Boizot, a designer at the Gobelins manuf ...

(1743–1809) on statues for Saint-Sulpice. He was more comfortable with realist work, where the subjects were dressed in 17th century costumes, than with the classical style. His marble seated figure of ''

Harpocrates Harpocrates (, Phoenician language, Phoenician: 𐤇𐤓𐤐𐤊𐤓𐤈, romanized: ḥrpkrṭ, ''harpokratēs'') is the god of silence, secrets and confidentiality in the Hellenistic religion developed in History of Alexandria#Ptolemaic era ...

'', an ancient god, was criticized as being "spindly", with a head that did not appear noble. Mouchy was made an assistant professor at the Académie royale, which gave him precedence when the comte d'Angiviller was commissioning statues of prominent Frenchmen for the state after

Louis XVI of France Louis XVI (Louis-Auguste; ; 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. The son of Louis, Dauphin of France (1729–1765), Louis, Dauphin of France (son and heir- ...

became king in 1774. Only

Augustin Pajou Augustin Pajou (; 19 September 1730 – 8 May 1809) was a French sculpture, sculptor, born in Paris. At eighteen he won the Prix de Rome, and at thirty exhibited his ''Pluton tenant Cerbère enchaîné'' (now in the Louvre). Selected works Paj ...

received more commissions. Mouchy made busts of

Voltaire François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778), known by his ''Pen name, nom de plume'' Voltaire (, ; ), was a French Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment writer, philosopher (''philosophe''), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit ...

and

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for the Marquis de Marigny to decorate his garden. Mouchy accepted a commission from the controller-general, Joseph Marie Terray (1715–78), for a statue of ''Apollo'', representing the Arts. It was to be paired with Pajou's statue of ''Mercury'', representing commerce. After Terray died his collection was auctioned off in January 1779. Neither statue was complete, and they had to be viewed in the sculptors' studios. Mouchy's son-in-law was the painter and engraver Philibert-Louis Debucourt. In the marriage contract Mouchy generously offered to provide a three-room apartment at the Louvre, where Debucourt lived for twelve and a half years. Mouchy died in 1801. File:Paris 06 - St Sulpice chap V 03.jpg, Statue of Mary by Pigalle at Saint-Sulpice. The stucco decoration is by Mouchy File:Shepherd Mouchy Louvre MR2063.jpg, Seated shepherd, Mouchy's reception piece for the Academy File:Temple de l'Amour - Statue.jpg, Cupid Carving his Darts from the Club of Hercules File:Harpocrate dieu du silence - det.jpg, Harpocrates, god of silence

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