François Girardon

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François Girardon was a prominent 17th-century French Baroque sculptor best known for his grand decorative works at the Palace of Versailles and his refined classical style.

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instanceOf Baroque artist
person
sculptor
activeYearsEnd 1715
activeYearsStart 1650
artisticStyle French Baroque
linked to: French Baroque art

classical style
birthDate 1628-03-17
birthPlace Champagne
France
Troyes
commissionedBy Louis XIV of France
countryOfCitizenship France
deathDate 1715-09-01
deathPlace France
Paris
employer Louis XIV of France
fieldOfWork architectural decoration
garden sculpture
portrait sculpture
genre decorative sculpture
funerary sculpture
monumental sculpture
influenced French classical sculpture of the late 17th century
influencedBy Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Italian Baroque sculpture
classical antiquity
knownFor decorative works at the Palace of Versailles
sculpture
languageOfWork French
memberOf Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
movement Baroque
nationality French
notableWork Apollo Tended by the Nymphs
Bath of the Nymphs (Bain des Nymphes)
Equestrian statue of Louis XIV in the Place Louis-le-Grand
Reliefs and statues for the gardens of Versailles
Tomb of Cardinal Richelieu
occupation court artist
sculptor
patron French royal court
Louis XIV of France
positionHeld chancellor of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
surintendant des bâtiments du roi (assistant roles in royal building administration)
workLocation Palace of Versailles
Paris

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French Baroque art majorSculptor François Girardon