Notes From a 1930s School Trip to Notre-Dame de Paris
Peek inside a girl’s illustrated notebook during a tour of the cathedral on a rainy day in Paris.
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All Posts by Anne-Lise Desmas
I am senior curator and department head of sculpture and decorative arts. I specialize in European sculpture before 1900, with emphasis on French and Italian sculpture of the seventeenth and eighteen centuries.
Child’s Portrait Sheds Light on a Violent Episode in Renaissance History
The hidden story of a marble bust.
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The Hand of Louis XV
A disembodied hand is all that remains of a once-mighty emblem of royal power.
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The Epic Creation of a Last Masterpiece
An equestrian statue of Louis XV required 15 years of labor and 30 tons of metal.
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Meet the Controversial Cupid of Eighteenth-Century France
This Cupid once decorated a king’s love nest.
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Edme Bouchardon’s Pocket-Sized Masterpieces
The young Edme Bouchardon sketches Rome—and himself.
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Edme Bouchardon’s Sleeping Faun Takes Up Residence in the Getty’s Entrance Hall
A nude mythological sculpture provides a preview to a Bouchardon moment at the Getty.
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A Bronze God for the Sun King
Travels of a bronze Hermes, from Florence to Paris to L.A.
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Rodin Joins the Impressionists
Rodin’s Christ and Mary Magdalene has a new home at the Getty.
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This Renaissance Sculpture Just Became a French Movie Star
This Renaissance sculpture stars in a French biopic.
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No Beauty Contest: 18th-Century English Lord Curates Getty Museum Gallery
Two pieces brought out from storage complete the story of the Judgment of Paris in a new installation at the Getty Center.
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A New Installation of 18th-Century Terracottas and Marbles
Conservators, mount makers, and preparators work to install a small group of statuettes.
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