First renowned, then overlooked, now rediscovered: on Edme Bouchardon

Edme Bouchardon 1698-1762: Une ide du beau was the catalogue for the recent exhibition at the Muse du Louvre, which has been translated as Bouchardon: Royal Artist of the Enlightenment for the exhibition that has transferred to the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles (until 2 April). Thanks to its thorough coverage of his life and work, they may be regarded as a monograph on this gifted sculptor and draughtsman, especially when taken with Juliette Treys new catalogue of the Louvres huge holdings