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François Girardon

1628 - 1715

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François Girardon (French: [fʁɑ̃swa ʒiʁaʁdɔ̃]; 17 March 1628 – 1 September 1715) was a French sculptor of the Louis XIV style or French Baroque, best known for his statues and busts of Louis XIV and for his statuary in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François Girardon is the 73rd most popular sculptor (down from 70th in 2019), the 2,042nd most popular biography from France (down from 1,965th in 2019) and the 15th most popular French Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, François Girardon ranks 73 out of 258. Before him are Antonio Corradini, Lars Vilks, Antenor, Francesco Laurana, Giorgio da Sebenico, and Robert Smithson. After him are Properzia de' Rossi, Antoine Coysevox, Marino Marini, Andrea Sansovino, Anna Mahler, and Nicolas Coustou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1628, François Girardon ranks 8. Before him are Jacob van Ruisdael, Marcello Malpighi, Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, John Bunyan, François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, and Muazzez Sultan. After him are Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria, Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano, Carlo Cignani, Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Lucrezia Barberini, and Alvise II Mocenigo. Among people deceased in 1715, François Girardon ranks 13. Before him are Antoine Galland, Marie Mancini, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Pu Songling, Thomas Savery, and Mirwais Hotak. After him are Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Pierre Magnol, Nicolas Lemery, Joseph Raphson, Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, and Nahum Tate.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Girardon ranks 2,042 out of 6,770. Before him are François Lemoyne (1688), Dominique Venner (1935), Henri Gouraud (1867), Marie-Guillemine Benoist (1768), René Louiche Desfontaines (1750), and Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux (1737). After him are François Coppée (1842), Alain Connes (1947), Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (1658), Claude Garamond (1499), Marie Elisabeth of France (1572), and Sacha Distel (1933).

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Among SCULPTORS In France

Among sculptors born in France, François Girardon ranks 15. Before him are Paul Landowski (1875), Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741), François Rude (1784), Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716), Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714), and David d'Angers (1788). After him are Antoine Coysevox (1640), Nicolas Coustou (1658), Jean Goujon (1510), César Baldaccini (1921), Jean de Chelles (1200), and Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876).

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