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François Girardon — MetaHistoryBook
Hyacinthe Rigaud
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François Girardon
sculptor from France (1628–1715)
Wikipedia ↗
Images on Commons ↗
Wikidata (Q712497) ↗
Details
Instance of
human
Born
17 March 1628
, 10 March 1628
Died
1 September 1715
Place of birth
Troyes
Place of death
Paris
Sex or gender
male
Given name
François
Family name
Girardon
Spouse
Catherine Duchemin
Movement
Classicism
,
Baroque
Occupation
sculptor
,
visual artist
Citizenship
France
artist files at
Frick Art Research Library
depicted by
Q107252362
described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
,
Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
,
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
,
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
,
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
,
The Art of The Countries and Peoples of The World. Tome 5
different from
Girardon
end of work period
1715
has works in the collection
Museo del Prado
,
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
,
J. Paul Getty Museum
,
National Gallery of Art
,
Nationalmuseum
,
Wereldmuseum Rotterdam
,
Netherlands Photo Museum
,
The Frick Collection
,
Palace of Versailles
,
National Museum in Warsaw
,
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg
,
National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina
languages spoken, written or signed
French
member of
Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
name in native language
François Girardon
notable work
Bassin de la Pyramide (Park of Versailles)
,
Bassin Plat fond
,
Bassin de Saturne, ou de l'Hiver
sponsor
Louis XIV of France
start of work period
1648
student
Pierre Granier
,
Sébastien Slodtz
student of
François Anguier
Connected on Wikidata
Creator of
Venus of Arles
Galerie d'Apollon
Equestrian Statue of Louis XIV
Apollon servi par les nymphes
Bassin de Saturne, ou de l'Hiver
Bassin de la Pyramide (Park of Versailles)
Enlèvement de Proserpine par Pluton
Bassin Plat fond
equestrian statue of Louis XIV
Funerary monument of Olivier and Louis Castellan, 1683
Aurora by Philippe Magnier
Enlèvement de Proserpine par Pluton
Subject of
Nothing in the MetaHistoryBook collection references this item yet.
Authority files
VIAF ↗
Library of Congress ↗
GND ↗
BnF ↗
Encyclopædia Britannica ↗
Treccani ↗
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Girardon, François
Girardon, François
Depicted in
Porträt des François Girardon
Inspired
The Great Bathers
Spouse of
Catherine Duchemin