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PIERRE-CHARLES SIMART

Orestes Sheltered in the Pallas Altar (1839-40)
Marble, Museum of Fine Art, Rouen.
Male nude, ca. 1865

Pierre-Charles Simart (born in Troyes on 27 June 1806, died in Paris on 27 May 1857) was a French sculptor.
The son of a carpenter from Troyes in Champagne, Simart was the pupil of Antoine Desbœuf, Charles Dupaty, Jean-Pierre Cortot and James Pradier. In 1833, he won the first Grand Prix of Rome for sculpture with a relief Le Vieillard et les enfants.
He was an elected member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1852.

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