Ceres 1700, after a 1652 model Michel Anguier The celebrated French sculptor Michel Anguier studied in Rome under Gianlorenzo Bernini and Alessandro Algardi before returning to Paris to become one of Frances most preeminent artists of the late seventeenth century. Profoundly learned and well-versed in contemporary art theory, he fused deeply studied classicism with the artifice of sixteenth-century mannerism and the theatricality of Berninis baroque. In France, Anguier obtained important commissions from prestigious patrons like Anne of Austria and worked on large-scale statues, including the limestone Leda and the Swan of 1654, also in The Mets collection (1970.140) In addition to those projects, Anguier also became renowned for his models for small bronze statuettes. In 1652, he conceived a series of six gods and goddesses, each paired and representing a specific temperament, to which this pair belongs. Here, Amphitrite, the goddess of the sea, represents tranquility with her slen
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