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Joseph-Michel-Ange Pollet (1814–1870) was an Italian sculptor.

Joseph-Michel-Ange Pollet
Born	1814 Palermo
Died	1870 Paris
Nationality	Kingdom of Italy

Pollet was born in Palermo and studied there under Valerio Villareale, then under Bertel Thorvaldsen and Pietro Tenerani.[1][2] He was active at least 5 years in Belgium and won several medals at the Paris Salon:

• a bronze medal in 1847
• a silver medal in 1848
• a gold medal in 1851
• a silver medal in 1855

His Une heure de la nuit was well received in 1848 and many copies were made in plaster, bronze and marble. A plaster cast of it is featured in a portrait of the Amsterdam collector Abraham Willet in his studio by the Dutch portrait painter Johan Georg Schwartze.

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  Une heure de la nuit in Schwartze's 1853 portrait

Pollet died in Paris.

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[fr] Joseph-Michel-Ange Pollet

Joseph-Michel-Ange Pollet né à Palerme le 11 mars 1814 et mort à Paris le 1er janvier 1871[1] est un sculpteur français.

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