Edme-François-Étienne Gois

The 1791 work was a depiction of Abimelech Taking Sarah.

The first prize was originally awarded to Pierre-Charles Bridan.

Gois wrote to the king for another first prize, which was granted.

Louis XVI of France hastened to write to the Academy for this award to be presented, and it was immediately given to the Gois.

This article about a French sculptor is a stub.

Corinne by Edme-François-Étienne Gois, representation of the eponymous character from the novel by Germaine de Staël , the Louvre , 1836