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See also:ADAM, See also:LAMBERT SIGISBERT (1700-1759) , See also:French sculptor, known as Adam See also:Paine, was See also:born in See also:Nancy, son of See also:Jacob Sigisbert Adam, a sculptor of little repute. Adam was See also:thirty-seven when, on his See also:election to the See also:Academy, he exhibited at the See also:Salon the See also:model of the See also:group of " See also:Neptune and See also:Amphitrite " for the centre of the See also:fountain at See also:Versailles, and thereafter found much employment in the decoration of the royal residences. Among his more important See also:works are " See also:Nymphs and Tritons," " The See also:Triumph of Neptune stilling the Waves," " See also:Hunter with See also:Lion in his See also:Net," a See also:relief for the See also:chapel of St See also:Adelaide, " The See also:Seine and the See also:Marne " in See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone for St See also:Cloud, " See also:Hunting " and " Fishing," See also:marble See also:groups for See also:Berlin, " See also:Mars embraced by Love " and " The See also:enthusiasm of See also:Poetry." Adam restored with much ability the twelve statues (Lycomedes) found in the So-called See also:Villa of See also:Marius at See also:Rome, and was elected a member of the Academy of St See also:Luke. Several of his most important works were executed for See also:Frederick the See also:Great in See also:Prussia.
His See also:brother, also a sculptor, NIcoi s SEBASTIEN ADAM (1705-1778), known as Adam le jeune, born in Nancy, worked under equal encouragement. His first See also:work of importance was his " See also:Prometheus chained, devoured by a See also:Vulture," executed in See also:plaster in 1738, dnd carved in marble in 1763 as his " reception piece " when he was elected into the Academy. He produced the reliefs of the " See also:Birth " and " Agony of See also:Christ " for the Oratoryin See also:Paris, but his See also:chief works are the " See also:Mausoleum of See also:Cardinal de See also:Fleury " and, in particular, the See also:tomb of See also:Catherine Opalinska, See also:queen of See also:Poland (wife of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Stanislaus), at Nancy.
A third brother, See also:FRANCOIS GASPARD BALTHASAR ADAM (1710-1761), born in Nancy, became the first sculptor of Frederick the Great and the See also:head of the atelier of See also:sculpture founded by that monarch, and passed the greater See also:part of his See also:life in Berlin. His chief works adorn the gardens and palaces of Sans Souci and See also:Potsdam.
The work of the See also:brothers Adam was too ornate in See also:style to win the approval of the school that immediately followed them, and found its See also:principal opponents in See also:Bouchardon and See also:Pigalle.
See Dussieux, Artistes See also:francais d l'etranger (Paris, 1855, 8vo) ; Archives de Part francais, documents, vol. i. pp. 117-180, chiefly for; works executed for the king of Prussia; See also:Mariette, Abecedario; Emile de la Chavignerie and Auvray, Dictionnaire See also:general See also:des artistes de l'ecole franpise (Paris, 1882), mainly for works executed; See also:Lady See also:Dilke, French Architects and Sculptors of the 18th See also:century (See also:London, 4t0, 1900).
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