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Tervueren. At Brussels Rude married Sophie Frelniet, the daughter of a Bonapartist compatriot to whom he had many obligations, but gladly availed himself of an opportunity to return to Paris, where in 1827 a statue of the Virgin for St See also:

GERVAIS, PAUL (1816-1879)

Gervais and a " See also:

Mercury fastening his Sandals " (now in the Louvre) obtained much See also:

ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention. His See also:

GREAT

great success See also:

DATES

dates, however, from 1833, when he received the See also:

CROSS

cross of the See also:

LEGION (Lat. legio)

Legion of See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

Honour for his statue of a " Neapolitan See also:

Fisher Boy playing with a See also:

TORTOISE

Tortoise," which also procured for him the important See also:

COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission for all the See also:

ORNAMENT (Lat. ornare, to adorn)

ornament and one See also:

GROUP

group in the Arc de 1'Etoile. This group, the " Depart See also:

des volontaires de 1792," a work full of See also:

ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy and See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire, immortalizes the name of Rude. Amongst other productions we may mention the statue of the mathematician Gaspard See also:

MONGE, GASPARD (1746-1818)

Monge (1848), Jeanne d'Arc, in the gardens of the Luxembourg (1852), a See also:

CALVARY

Calvary in See also:

BRONZE

bronze for the high See also:

ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar of St See also:

Vincent de See also:

Paul (1855), as well as " See also:

HEBE

Hebe and the See also:

EAGLE (Fr. aigle, from the Lat. aquila)

Eagle of See also:

JUPITER

Jupiter," " Love Triumphant " and " See also:

Christ on the Cross," all of which appeared at the See also:

SALON

Salon of 1857 after his See also:

DEATH

death. He died suddenly on the 3rd of See also:

NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1855. See also P. G. See also:

HAMERTON, PHILIP GILBERT (1834-1894)

Hamerton, See also:

MODERN

Modern Frenchmen, five See also:

BIOGRAPHIES

biographies (1878) ; Carl Adolf Rosenberg, Francois Rude (1884) ; See also:

Louis Gonse, See also:

Les Chefs d'ceuvre des musees de See also:

France (Paris, 1900) ; L. de Fourcaud, Francois Rude, sculpteur (Paris, 1904).

End of Article: RUDE, FRANCOIS (1784–1855)

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