Jean-Joseph Foucou

Jean-Joseph Foucou (Riez, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, 1739 — Paris, 16 February 1821) was a French sculptor.

A student at the École de peinture et de sculpture of Marseille, Foucou 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 École royale des élèves protégés in preparation for his residence in Rome, 1771-75. On his return to Paris he was accepted ("agrée") in 1777 at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, where he was made a full member in 1785, with a marble of a "River" [Now conserved in the Musée du Louvre.] for his "morceau de reception". He was a regular contributor to the Paris Salons from 1779 to 1812.

He collaborated with Pierre Julien in the marble sculpture for the dairy for Marie Antoinette at Rambouillet, and worked among other sculptors on grrand Parisian projects, such as the Panthéon.

He was one of the numerous sculptors called upon to provide bronze bas-relief panels for the Place Vendôme Column celebrating Napoleon's victory at Austerlitz.

Foucou worked in collaboration with sculptors Joseph Espercieux, Pierre Petitot or Pierre Cartellier.

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