The Origin of Sculpture or Pygmalion praying Venus to animate his statue

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Regnault Jean-Baptiste - The Origin of Sculpture or Pygmalion praying Venus to animate his statue
Number:088354
Title:The Origin of Sculpture or Pygmalion praying Venus to animate his statue
Artist: Regnault, Jean-Baptiste (1754-1829)
Museum: Musée de l'Histoire de France, Château de Versailles
Method: Oil on canvas
Created: 1786
School: France
Category: Mythology, Allegory and Literature
Trend in art: Neoclassicism
Keywords: Roman mythology, Ovid, Greek Mythology, Pygmalion and Galatea, Pygmalion, Galatea, Galathea