Joseph-Michel-Ange Pollet Explained

Joseph-Michel-Ange Pollet
Birth Date:1814
Birth Place:Palermo
Death Date:1870
Death Place:Paris
Nationality:Kingdom of Italy

Joseph-Michel-Ange Pollet (1814–1870) was an Italian sculptor.Pollet was born in Palermo and studied there under Valerio Villareale, then under Bertel Thorvaldsen and Pietro Tenerani.[1] [2] He was active at least 5 years in Belgium and won several medals at the Paris Salon:

His Une heure de la nuit was well received in 1848 and many copies were made in plaster, bronze and marble. A plaster cast of it is featured in a portrait of the Amsterdam collector Abraham Willet in his studio by the Dutch portrait painter Johan Georg Schwartze.

Pollet died in Paris.

Notes and References

  1. Joseph Michel Ange Pollet in the RKD
  2. http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2011/19th-century-paintings-n08738/lot.93.html Une heure de la nuit