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Facts

Born March 10, 1628 • Troyes • France
Died September 1, 1715 (aged 87) • Paris • France
Notable Works “Apollo Tended by the Nymphs” • “Bath of the Nymphs” • “The Rape of Persephone”
Movement / Style Baroque art and architecture • Louis XIV style

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tomb of Cardinal de Richelieu
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“Glory of Louis XIV,” marble relief by Antoine Coysevox, c. 1686; in the Salon de la Guerre, Versailles, Fr.
Antoine Coysevox
French sculptor
Algardi, Alessandro: Tomb of Pope Leo XI
Alessandro Algardi
Italian sculptor
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Germain Pilon
French sculptor
“St. George and the Dragon,” marble relief by Michel Colombe, 1508–09; in the Louvre, Paris
Michel Colombe
French sculptor
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Pierre Puget
French sculptor
Andrea del Verrocchio: David
Andrea del Verrocchio
Italian painter and sculptor
Antonio Canova: Three Graces
Antonio Canova, marchese d’Ischia
Italian sculptor
Giovanni Pisano: marble pulpit
Giovanni Pisano
Italian sculptor
The Murder of Abel, bas-relief panel by Jacopo della Quercia, 1425–38; on the Porta Maggiore of San Petronio, Bologna, Italy.
Jacopo della Quercia
Italian sculptor
Berruguete, Alonso
Alonso Berruguete
Spanish sculptor
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Luca della Robbia
Florentine sculptor
Stringcourses on the facade of the Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, begun by Benedetto da Maiano, 1489, and continued by Il Cronaca.
Benedetto da Maiano
Italian sculptor
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Andrea Sansovino
Italian architect
Laurana, Francesco: A Princess of the House of Aragon
Francesco Laurana
Italian sculptor
The tomb of the cardinal of Portugal, marble sculptural complex by Antonio Rossellino, 1461–66; in the church of S. Miniato al Monte, Florence.
Antonio Rossellino
Italian sculptor
Portrait believed to be of John Michael Rysbrack, 18th century.
John Michael Rysbrack
English sculptor
Lorenzo Bernini: Apollo and Daphne
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Italian artist
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Caius Gabriel Cibber
English sculptor
Jean Arp
Jean Arp
French artist
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Jean Mone
French sculptor

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