With five essays by experts on Bouchardon's sculpture and graphic arts, more than 140 catalogue entries, and a detailed chronology, this book aims to demonstrate the originality of Bouchardon's art within the cultural and social context of the period.

"A narrative survey of the draftsmanship of the eighteenth-century French artist Edme Bouchardon"--Provided by publisher.

An elegantly conceived book on the revolutionary and stunning works of a nineteenth- century French master.