François Girardon

1628–1715 · France · Neoclassicism, Baroque

François Girardon (17 March 1628 – 1 September 1715) was a French sculptor of the Louis XIV style or French Baroque, best known for his statues and busts of Louis XIV and for his statuary in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles. Wikipedia

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“Venus of Arles” — Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities of the Louvre
“Bassin de Saturne, ou de l'Hiver”, 1672
“Enlèvement de Proserpine par Pluton”, 1699
“Aurora by Philippe Magnier”, 1693 — Louvre
“Apollon servi par les nymphes”, 1667–1675 — Palace of Versailles
“Enlèvement de Proserpine par Pluton”, 1693 — Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg
“equestrian statue of Louis XIV”
“Funerary monument of Olivier and Louis Castellan, 1683”
“Bassin de la Pyramide (Park of Versailles)”, 1670
“Bassin Plat fond”
“Tomb of Princess Marie de Conty in Saint-André-des-Arts, Paris” — Nationalmuseum
“Pluto and Persephone (Allegory of Fire)” — National Gallery of Art
“Lintel Piece with Two Genii” — Nationalmuseum
“Pluto Abducting Proserpine”

François Girardon

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