See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

FRANCOIS See also:

• FRANCOIS GIRARDON (1628-1715)

GIRARDON (1628-1715)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French sculptor, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• TROYES

Troyes on the 17th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1628 . As a boy he had for See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master a joiner and See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood-See also:

• CARVER, JOHN (x575?-1621)
• CARVER, JONATHAN (c. 1725-1780)

carver of his native See also:

• TOWN

town, named Baudesson, under whom he is said to have worked at the See also:

• CHATEAU (from Lat. castellum, fortress, through O. Fr. chastel, chasteau)

chateau of Liebault, where he attracted the See also:

• NOTICE

notice of See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

Chancellor Seguier . By the chancellor's See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence See also:

• GIRARDON, FRANCOIS (1628-1715)

Girardon was first removed to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris and placed in the studio of See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

Francois See also:

• ANGUIER, FRANCOIS (c. 1604—1669)

Anguier, and afterwards sent to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome . In 1652 he was back in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, and seems at once to have addressed himself with something like ignoble subserviency to the task of conciliating the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court painter See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles Le Brun . Girardon is reported to have declared himself incapable of composing a See also:

• GROUP

group, whether with truth or from motives of policy it is impossible to say . This much is certain, that a very large proportion of his See also:

• WORK

work was carried out from designs by Le Brun, and shows the merits and defects of Le Brun's manner-a See also:

• GREAT

great command of ceremonial pomp in presenting his subject, coupled with a large treatment of forms which if it were more expressive might be imposing . The court which Girardon paid to the " premier peintre du roi " was rewarded . An immense quantity of work at See also:

• VERSAILLES

Versailles was entrusted to him, and in recognition of the successful See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution of four figures for the Bains d'Apollon, Le Brun induced the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king to See also:

• PRESENT

present his protege personally with a See also:

• PURSE (Late Lat. bursa, adapted from Gr. Gupta, hide, skin; possibly O. Eng. pusa, bag, has influenced the change from b to p)

purse of 300 See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis, as a distinguishing See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark of royal favour . In 165o Girardon was made member of the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy, in 1659 See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor, in 1674 " adjoint au recteur," and finally in 1695 chancellor . Five years before (169o), on the See also:

• DEATH

death of Le Brun, he had also been appointed " inspecteur See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• DES

des ouvrages de See also:

• SCULPTURE
• SCULPTURE (Lat. sculptura, from sculpere, to carve, cognate with Gr. yXb4ew)

sculpture "—a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power and profit . In 1699 he completed the See also:

• BRONZE

bronze equestrian statue of Louis XIV., erected by the town of Paris on the Place Louis le See also:

• GRAND

Grand . This statue was melted down during the Revolution, and is known to us only by a small bronze See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model (Louvre) finished by Girardon himself .

His See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

Tomb of See also:

• RICHELIEU, ARMAND EMMANUEL SOPHIE SEPTEMANIE DU PLESSIS
• RICHELIEU, ARMAND JEAN DU PLESSIS
• RICHELIEU, LOUIS FRANCOIS ARMAND DU PLESSIS

Richelieu (See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of the See also:

• SORBONNE

Sorbonne) was saved from destruction by See also:

• ALEXANDRE, NOEL (NATALIS ALEXANDER) (1639-1724)

Alexandre Lenoir, who received a See also:

• BAYONET

bayonet thrust in protecting the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

cardinal from See also:

• MUTILATION (from Lat. mutilus, maimed)

mutilation . It is a See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital example of Girardon's work, and the theatrical pomp of its See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style is typical of the funeral sculpture of the reigns of Louis XIV. and Louis XV.; but amongst other important specimens yet remaining may also be cited the Tomb of See also:

• LOUVOIS, FRANCOIS MICHEL LE TELLIER, MARQUIS DE (1641–1691)

Louvois (St Eustache), that of See also:

• BIGNON, JEROME (1589–1656)
• BIGNON, LOUIS PIERRE EDOUARD, BARON (1771–1841)

Bignon, the king's librarian, executed in 1656 (St See also:

• NICOLAS
• NICOLAS, SIR NICHOLAS HARRIS (1799–1848)

Nicolas du Chardonneret), and decorative sculptures in the Galerie d'Apollon and Chambre du roi in the Louvre . Mention should not be omitted of the group, signed and dated 1699, " The See also:

• RAPE
• RAPE (from Lat. rapere, to seize)
• RAPE (Lat. rapum or rapa, turnip)

Rape of See also:

• PROSERPINE (Proserpina)

Proserpine " at Versailles, which also contains the " See also:

• BULL
• BULL, GEORGE (1634–1710)
• BULL, JOHN (c. 1562–1628)
• BULL, OLE BORNEMANN (18ro-188o)

Bull of See also:

• APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

Apollo." Although chiefly occupied at Paris Girardon never forgot his native Troyes, the museum of which town contains some of his best See also:

• WORKS

works, including the See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble busts of Louis XIV. and Maria See also:

• THERESA, ST (1515-1582)

Theresa . In the hotel de ville is still shown a medallion of Louis XIV., and in the church of St Remy a bronze crucifix of some importance—both works by his See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand . He died in Paris in 1715 . See Corrard de Breban, Notice sur la See also:

• VIE

vie et See also:

• LES

les oeuvres de Girardon (185o) .