The Sculptural Legacy of Laurent Delvaux In the grand tapestry of eighteenth-century European art, few figures embody the graceful transition from the dramatic flourishes of the Baroque to the poised restraint of Neoclassicism as elegantly as Laurent Delvaux. Born in Ghent in 1696, Delvaux emerged from the rich artistic traditions of the Southern Netherlands to become a sculptor of international renown. His life was a journey of movement and metamorphosis, traversing the vibrant studios of London, the papal splendor of Rome, and the refined courts of the Austrian Netherlands. This mobility a…