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Born c.1510 • Normandy? • France
Died c.1568
Movement / Style Mannerism

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“Deposition,” marble relief by Jean Goujon; in the Louvre, Paris
Jean Goujon: Fountain of the Innocents
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Alonso Berruguete
Spanish sculptor
Baccio Bandinelli
Baccio Bandinelli
Italian sculptor
Pietro Bernini
Italian sculptor
Jean Arp, c. 1960.
Jean Arp
French artist
tomb of Cardinal de Richelieu
François Girardon
French sculptor
Bourdelle, Antoine: Dying Centaur
Antoine Bourdelle
French sculptor
Jacques Lipchitz, 1946.
Jacques Lipchitz
French artist
west portal of Saint-Lazare
Gislebertus
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
Anguir, Michel: marble nativity group
Michel Anguier
French sculptor
“St. George and the Dragon,” marble relief by Michel Colombe, 1508–09; in the Louvre, Paris
Michel Colombe
French sculptor
Donatello: David
Donatello
Italian sculptor
Ghiberti, Lorenzo
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Italian sculptor
Andrea del Verrocchio: David
Andrea del Verrocchio
Italian painter and sculptor
Giovanni Pisano: marble pulpit
Giovanni Pisano
Italian sculptor
Lee Bontecou: Untitled
Lee Bontecou
American artist
David Smith
American sculptor
Algardi, Alessandro: Tomb of Pope Leo XI
Alessandro Algardi
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Louise Nevelson
American sculptor
Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Diana of the Tower
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