A Pair of French Gilt-Bronze Mounted White Marble Figural Four-Light Torchères, After Jean-Joseph Foucou, 19th Century

Jean-Joseph Foucou was born at Riez, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. A student at the École de peinture et de sculpture of Marseille, he went to Paris, where he entered the workshop of Jean-Jacques Caffieri. In 1769 he won the Prix de Rome in sculpture, and entered the ecole royale des élèves  Proteges in preparation for his residence in Rome, 1771-75. On his return to Paris he was accepted in 1777 at the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, where he was made a full member in 1785.