Jean-Pierre Cortot

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Jean-Pierre Cortot (1787 – 1843, both Paris) was a French sculptor. He resided in the Villa Medici in Rome from 1810 to 1813.

[edit] Works

[edit] Paris

• Arc de triomphe de l’Étoile : relief of Triumph (1810)
• Equestrian statue of Louis XIII, in the square of Louis XIII in the place des Vosges (1825)
• In the Louvre:
  • Daphne and Chloe (1824-1827)
  • The soldier of Marathon announcing victory (1822-1834)
• Place de la Concorde: the French cities, statues representing Brest and Rouen (1835-1838)