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The rooms devoted to "modern" sculpture, opened in 1824, gradually became the Department of Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern Sculpture. Separate collections were founded in 1848 for antiquities and in 1893 for objets d'art.
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Reception Pieces – Admission to the Royal Academy
Sculptors seeking admission to the French Royal Academy submitted works in plaster or clay for initial acceptance by a jury, and were then asked to execute a set piece (or "reception piece") in marble, within a specified time limit. Most of these reception pieces of are preserved in the Louvre.

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