The Sculptural Legacy of Jean-Louis Lemoyne In the grand tapestry of eighteenth-century French art, few names evoke the delicate transition from the structured grandeur of the Baroque to the playful intimacy of the Rococo as effectively as Jean-Louis Lemoyne. Born in Paris in 1704, Lemoyne was a man shaped by the very essence of the French artistic tradition. As a sculptor deeply embedded in the cultural fabric of his era, his life an…