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Facts

Born c.1430 • France
Died c.1512 • Tours • France
Movement / Style Gothic art

Photos

“St. George and the Dragon,” marble relief by Michel Colombe, 1508–09; in the Louvre, Paris
Francis II, detail of a sculpture from his tomb by Michel Colombe (1430–c. 1512)
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tomb of Cardinal de Richelieu
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Antoine Coysevox
French sculptor
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Alessandro Algardi
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
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Stringcourses on the facade of the Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, begun by Benedetto da Maiano, 1489, and continued by Il Cronaca.
Benedetto da Maiano
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Laurana, Francesco: A Princess of the House of Aragon
Francesco Laurana
Italian sculptor
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Antonio Rossellino
Italian sculptor
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Arnolfo di Cambio
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Gil de Siloé: Saint James the Greater
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Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
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Jacques Lipchitz, 1946.
Jacques Lipchitz
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