The Composer André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741–1813), Jean-Baptiste Stouf, 1804


The Composer André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741–1813), 1804–8, French, Paris, Marble, Overall (confirmed): 67 1/4 x 36 1/4 x 30 5/8 in. ( x x cm), Sculpture, Jean-Baptiste Stouf (Belgian (active France), Paris 1742–1826 Charenton-le-Pont, France), Commissioned in 1804 by the Comte de Livry and placed in the Opéra Comique in 1809, where it remained until 1887. Incised on the column are the names of forty-one of the sixty-odd operas composed by Grétry for the Opéra-Comique and the Académie de Musique


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