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Born September 29, 1640 • Lyon • France
Died October 10, 1720 (aged 80) • Paris • France
Movement / Style Baroque art and architecture • Louis XIV style • Rococo

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“Glory of Louis XIV,” marble relief by Antoine Coysevox, c. 1686; in the Salon de la Guerre, Versailles, Fr.
Jean-Baptiste Colbert (detail of a bust by Antoine Coysevox)
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Honoré Daumier
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Algardi, Alessandro: Tomb of Pope Leo XI
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Italian sculptor
tomb of Cardinal de Richelieu
François Girardon
French 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
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
Lorenzo Bernini: Apollo and Daphne
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Italian artist
Germain Pilon
French sculptor
Pigalle, Jean-Baptiste: tomb of Maurice, comte de Saxe
Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
French sculptor
Jean-Jacques Caffiéri
French sculptor
Jean-Antoine Houdon: Diana
Jean-Antoine Houdon
French sculptor
Lemoyne, Jean-Baptiste: Geneviève-Françoise Randon de Malboissière
Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne
French sculptor
Andrea del Verrocchio: David
Andrea del Verrocchio
Italian painter and sculptor
The Christ Child (?), marble bust by Desiderio da Settignano, c. 1460; in the Samuel H. Kress Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 30.5 × 26.5 × 16.3 cm.
Desiderio da Settignano
Italian sculptor
Westerkerk, Amsterdam, by Hendrick de Keyser, 1620–38
Hendrick de Keyser
Dutch sculptor
Nikolaus Gerhaert von Leyden
Dutch sculptor
Portrait believed to be of John Michael Rysbrack, 18th century.
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