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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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“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
Germain Pilon
French sculptor
“St. George and the Dragon,” marble relief by Michel Colombe, 1508–09; in the Louvre, Paris
Michel Colombe
French sculptor
Pierre Puget
French sculptor
Andrea del Verrocchio: David
Andrea del Verrocchio
Italian painter and sculptor
Three Graces, marble sculpture by Antonio Canova, 1812–16.
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
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
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
Caius Gabriel Cibber
English sculptor
Jean Arp, c. 1960.
Jean Arp
French artist
Jean Mone
French sculptor

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