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Johan tobias sergel biography of albert
Johan Tobias Sergel
Johan Tobias Sergel | |
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Johan Tobias Sergel. Lithograph by Alexander Clemens Wetterling, 1849 | |
| Born | Johan Tobias Sergel (1740-09-07)7 September 1740 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died | 26 February 1814(1814-02-26) (aged 73) Stockholm |
| Nationality | Swedish |
Johan Tobias Sergel (Swedish pronunciation:[ˈsæ̌rɡɛl];[1] 7 September 1740 in Stockholm – 26 February 1814 in Stockholm) was a Swedish neoclassical sculptor.
Sergels torg, the largest square in the centre of Stockholm and near where his workshop stood, is named after him.[2]
Life
Johan Tobias Sergel was born in Stockholm in 1740.
He was the son of the decorator, Christoffer Sergel and Elisabet (née Swyrner), and was the brother of the decorator, Anna Brita Sergel. His first teacher was Pierre Hubert Larchevêsque.[3] After studying in Paris, he went to Rome, where he moved in the same circles as the painters Alexander Runciman and James Barry.[