André-Antoine Ravrio
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André-Antoine Ravrio was a French sculptor in bronze. He was made a master founder in 1777 and set up in business on his own in 1790. He became famous for the small bronzes he sold to a prestigious clientele, notably including Napoleon I
Napoleon I
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.

He was also notable as the author of several poems, songs and vaudevilles
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 and collaborated with Talma
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, Carle Vernet, Firmin Didot
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, Désaugiers and Cicéri
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 in the Société de la Goguette. In 1805 he published the song La rue des Bons-Enfants, alluding to a Bacchic society of which paved the way for the Goguettes. He also wrote the song La Goguette about the titular society.

He is buried in the 10th division of the cimetière du Père-Lachaise.

See also

  • French Empire mantel clock
    French Empire mantel clock
    A French Empire-style mantel clock, is a type of elaborately decorated mantel clock made in France over the Napoleonic Empire between 1804–1814/15, although the clocks manufactured throughout the Bourbon Restoration are also included within this art movement because they share subject, decorative...

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