André-Jean Lebrun (1737–1811) was a French sculptor.

Life

André-Jean Lebrun was born in Paris in 1737. He studied under Jean-Baptiste Pigalle. ^[1] Lebrun won the Grand Prix of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in 1756. ^[2] He tied with the sculptor Pierre-François Berruer (1733–1797), winning a scholarship to the Villa Medici in Rome. ^[3] In Rome he made a number of statues for the church of San Carlo al Corso. ^[1] These included a statue of Judith. He also carved a bust of Pope Clement XIII (1768). ^[4] He became a member of the Académie de Saint-Luc and the Académie de Marseille. ^[2]

Lebrun was invited to Poland on the recommendation of Madame Geoffrin. ^[4] and was appointed chief sculptor to King Stanisław August Poniatowski. ^[5] He also worked in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where he made a bust of the Empress Maria Feodorovna. ^[4] In 1804, he became professor of sculpture at Vilnius University. ^[4]

He died in Vilnius in 1811. ^[1]

Works

The Louvre holds three drawings by Lebrun: ^[2]

• Trois jeunes femmes drapées à l'antique, dansant devant un buste
• Composition allégorique avec Athéna
• Neptune tenant son trident, dans un médaillon orné

Sculpture includes:

• Statue of David, San Carlo al Corso, Rome
• Bust of Count Kirill Razumovsky (1766) Marble. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
• Bust of Cardinal Giuseppe Maria Feroni (1767) Marble. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
• Bust of King Stanislas Auguste II Poniatowski (1784) New Hrodna Castle, Belarus

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External links

• André-Jean Lebrun in American public collections, on the French Sculpture Census website