Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Sculpture
Child with Bird Cage
1 of 17
- Date
- ca. 1823
- Accession number
- 11.39
- Makers
- formerly attributed to Jean-Baptiste Pigalle(Opens in new tab) (French, 1714–1785)
- Possibly cast by Pierre-Philippe Thomire, after Jean-Baptiste Pigalle(Opens in new tab) (French, 1714–1785)
- Dimensions
- 18 3/4 in. (47.6 cm.)
- Medium
- bronze
- Description
- This bronze statue portraying a child with a bird cage reproduces a popular marble statue produced in 1749 by French sculptor Jean-Baptiste Pigalle. This cast was probably made by Pierre-Philippe Thomire, a leading Parisian gilt metal manufacturer and gilder of the early 19th century.
