Jean-Baptiste Pigalle Died 241 Years Ago Today. His Nude Voltaire Made the Enlightenment Strip Naked.
Two hundred and forty-one years ago today, on August 20, 1785, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle died in Paris at seventy-one. He was
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Rembrandt Was Born 420 Years Ago Today. He Made the Nude Body Human for the First Time.
Rembrandt van Rijn was born 420 years ago today, on July 15, 1606, in Leiden. Four centuries and two decades
James Pradier Was Born 236 Years Ago Today. His Satyr and Bacchante Made the Louvre Blush.
236 years ago today, a Swiss-born sculptor arrived in Paris carrying a chisel and a secret. He would go on