Jean-François-Théodore Gechter

A student of François Joseph Bosio and baron Gros, he is now most noted for his bronzes.

From 1830 he shifted to smaller sculptures and animal subjects, like Antoine-Louis Barye, another student of Bosio and Gros.

He also had a talent for historical scenes with figures in elaborate costumes.

Gechter's penchant and gift in depicting historical scenes reached new heights when in 1833 he exhibited his Combat of Charles Martel and Abderame, King of the Saracens.

Gechter's motif of dressing his subjects in elaborate dresses and depicting scenes of battles or hunts from the Renaissance could be considered as belonging to the genre known as troubadour.

Jacques d'Albon, seigneur de Saint-André by Jean-François-Théodore Gechter; Galerie des batailles du château de Versailles
Fountain of the Rivers, Place de la Concorde,Paris.
Marble relief of the Battle of Austerlitz.