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Facts

Born October 16, 1620 • Marseille • near Marseille • France
Died December 2, 1694 (aged 74) • Marseille • France
Notable Works “Milo of Crotona”
Movement / Style Baroque art and architecture • Louis XIV style

Photos

Pierre Puget: Milo of Crotona
Alexander and Diogenes, by Pierre Puget, c. 1671–93; in the Louvre, Paris.
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tomb of Cardinal de Richelieu
François Girardon
French sculptor
“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
Portrait of Auguste Rodin standing indoors, wearing a buttoned, two-toned coat with a full beard and tousled hair, looking slightly to the side.
Auguste Rodin
French sculptor
Jean-Antoine Houdon: Diana
Jean-Antoine Houdon
French sculptor
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Germain Pilon
French sculptor
Anguir, Michel: marble nativity group
Michel Anguier
French sculptor
Psyche Abandoned, marble sculpture by Augustin Pajou, 1791.
Augustin Pajou
French sculptor
Laurens, Henri: La Grande Musicienne
Henri Laurens
French sculptor
“Monument of Lady Elizabeth Nightingale,” white and black marble sculpture by Louis-François Roubiliac, 1761; in the Chapel of St. Nicholas, Westminster Abbey, London
Louis-François Roubiliac
French sculptor
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Guillaume Coustou
French sculptor
Lemoyne, Jean-Baptiste: Geneviève-Françoise Randon de Malboissière
Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne
French sculptor
Nicolas Poussin: Adoration of the Golden Calf
Nicolas Poussin
French painter
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Italian artist
Donatello: David
Donatello
Italian sculptor
Andrea del Verrocchio: David
Andrea del Verrocchio
Italian painter and sculptor
Giovanni Pisano: marble pulpit
Giovanni Pisano
Italian sculptor
Edmonia Lewis
Edmonia Lewis
American sculptor
Desiderio da Settignano: A Little Boy
Desiderio da Settignano
Italian sculptor
Praxiteles: Hermes Carrying the Infant Dionysus
Praxiteles
Greek sculptor

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