Jean-Pierre Cortot

Cortot worked in an austere, correct, academic neo-classical style, heir to both classic French models from the late 18th century and the Greco-Roman tradition.

Among his students were Joseph-Marius Ramus, Jean-Jacques Feuchère, Pierre-Charles Simart, Jean-Auguste Barre, and the animalier Pierre Louis Rouillard.

A street in Montmartre bears his name, and Cortot's grave can be found in Père Lachaise Cemetery.

Source: WikiPhidias[1] Winning the Prix de Rome entitled him to study at the Académie de France in Rome and whilst there he completed several works which were sent back to Paris.

Cortot's work replaced the previous sculpture by Evariste Fragonard.