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recently published by the Getty Conservation Institute

—Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation

chaired by New York Times writer and critic Charles Hagen

Bouchardon: Royal Artist of the Enlightenment for the gardener from collectorsAnne Lise Desmas, douard Kopp, Guilhem Scherf, and Juliette Trey One of the most imaginative and fascinating artists of eighteenth century France, Edme Bouchardon (16981762) was instrumental in the transition from Rococo to Neoclassicism and in the artistic rediscovery of classical antiquity. Much celebrated in his time, Bouchardon created some of the most iconic images of the age of Louis XV. His oeuvre demonstrates a remarkable variety of themes