9, Julius Caesar; and 550, Louis XV., are due to the former: the
statue of Louis' queen Maria Leczinska, 543, to the latter, whose
masterpiece, the Horse-tamers of Marly, stands at the entrance of the
Champs Elysees opposite Coysevox', Mercury and Fame on winged horses,
at the entrance to the Tuileries Gardens. J.B. Pigalle (1714-1785) is
but poorly represented by: 785, a bronze bust of Guerin; and 781, a
Mercury in lead, which has much suffered from exposure to the
atmosphere in the Luxembourg Gardens. A most talented portraitist in
marble was J.J. Caffieri (1725-1792), whose seven masterly busts in
the foyer of the Theatre Francais, paid for by free passes, which the
artist promptly sold, will be familiar to playgoers. His diploma work,
The River, 518 (L. of entrance), and a bust of the poet Nivelle de la
Chaussee, 519 (embrasure of window), will be found in this room. J.A.
Houdon (1741-1828), whose admirable bust of Moliere, and marvellously
vivid statue of the seated Voltaire--the greatest production of
eighteenth-century French sculpture--will be also known to playgoers
at the Francais, gives his name to Room IV. Few artists maintained so
high and consistent a standard of excellence.[201] 716 is a replica in
bronze of a statue of Diana, executed for the Empress Catherine II. of
Russia; 708, Diderot; 711, Rousseau; 712 Voltaire; 713, Franklin; 715,
Washington; 717, Mirabeau, are busts of revolutionary heroes of which
many replicas exist, executed at seventy-two francs each (if with
shoulders ninety-six francs), to save himself from starvation during
the revolutionary period. Two exquisitely charming terra-cotta busts
in glass cases of the children, Louise and Alexandre Brogniart, and
1034, 1035, the original busts in plaster of Mme. Houdon and Sabine
Houdon, will also be noted. Like Caffieri, Houdon was an _habitue_ of
the Francais, and in his old age would totter to the theatre supported
by his servant, to calmly sleep the performance out. A favourite
exponent of the suave and languishing style that appealed to the
decadent tastes of the age was Antoine Pajou (1730-1809) here
represented by 775, a Bacchante, and 772, Maria Leczinska as Charity.
Other two works by Pigalle, 782, Love and Friendship, and 783, bust of
Marshal Saxe, may be noticed before quitting this room. Room V. is
dedicated to A.D. Chaudet (1763-1810), whose diploma work, Phorbas and
OEdipus, 533, is here shown; 537, a Bacchante, is a rather poor
exa