Psyché abandonnée (head detail) by Augustin Pajou, 1790 Louvre, Paris.

Jean Jacques Pradier [1792-1852], was a Swiss-born French sculptor best known for his work in the Neoclassical style. Born in Geneva, Pradier was the son of a Protestant family from Toulouse. He left for Paris in 1807 to work with his elder brother, Charles-Simon Pradier, an engraver, and also attended the École des Beaux-Arts beginning in 1808.