Pierre Alexandre Schoenewerk

1820 – Paris – 1885

The Finding of Moses

Patinated Porcelain (Ceramic) High Relief

Circular, diameter 11.5 cm (4 ½ inches)

Signed at the base

Note:

Of German descent, Schoenewerk was born in Paris and naturalised French. He became a pupil of David d’Angers, and in turn of Jollivet and Triqueti.

Most French museums have examples of his work, including especially the Louvre and Angers. Among many recorded sculptures, he worked on the façade of many churches (eg the Chapel of the Sorbonne – St Thomas Aquinus), on the Louvre Façade itself, the vestibule of the Opera House in Paris and the Memorial to the Duke of Brunswick in Geneva.

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