Le Désespoir, Jean-Joseph Perraud
Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Jean-Joseph Perraud (1819, Jura - 1876) was a French academic sculptor. According to Eaton, “During the Second Empireno sculptor enjoyed a greater reputation,” although his style fell out of fashion soon after his death. Perraud was a student at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts from 1843 under Etienne-Jules Ramey and Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, co-winner of the Prix de Rome in 1847, officer in the Legion of Honor in 1867, and member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts.