Antoine-Denis Chaudet

[1] He began his artistic training as a student of Jean-Baptiste Stouf at the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture.

In 1784 his bas-relief, Joseph Sold into Slavery by His Brothers, was awarded the Prix-de-Rome.

In 1801 he took part in illustrating an edition of the collected works of Jean Racine, published by Firmin Didot.

In February 1810, he took the post of Professor-Rector at the École des Beaux-Arts, replacing Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, who had died several years before.

In 1812, Napoleon transported Chaudet's marble statue of him to Moscow, to install it in a prominent place there.