SCULPTOR

Germain Pilon

1525 - 1590

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Germain Pilon (c. 1525 – 3 February 1590) was a French Renaissance sculptor. He is, along with Jean Goujon, one of the most important sculptors of the French Renaissance. Best known as the creator of many of the tombs of the House of Valois. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Germain Pilon is the 134th most popular sculptor (down from 112th in 2019), the 3,031st most popular biography from France (down from 2,654th in 2019) and the 27th most popular French Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Germain Pilon ranks 134 out of 258. Before him are Richard Long, Adam Kraft, Silvio Gazzaniga, Magda Frank, Rebecca Horn, and Johan Tobias Sergel. After him are Henri Laurens, Charles Despiau, Nek Chand, Hans Multscher, Bartolomeo Bon, and Olafur Eliasson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1525, Germain Pilon ranks 9. Before him are Şehzade Bayezid, John George, Elector of Brandenburg, Giovanni Battista Moroni, Hans Staden, Zhang Juzheng, and John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg. After him are Patriarch Job of Moscow, Juraj Drašković, Tadeáš Hájek, Caspar Peucer, and Abbakka Chowta. Among people deceased in 1590, Germain Pilon ranks 22. Before him are Kanō Eitoku, Hōjō Ujimasa, Frans Hogenberg, Charles de Bourbon, André Thevet, and Archduchess Magdalena of Austria. After him are Robert Garnier, Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, Dirck Coornhert, Johann Fischart, Jacques Cujas, and James III, Margrave of Baden-Hachberg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Germain Pilon ranks 3,031 out of 6,770. Before him are Decentius (300), Jean-Jacques Henner (1829), Louis-Michel le Peletier, marquis de Saint-Fargeau (1760), Adolf Wagner (1890), Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély (1817), and Victor Henri Rochefort, Marquis de Rochefort-Luçay (1831). After him are Didier Six (1954), Jean Domat (1625), François Hanriot (1761), Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1845), Michel Audiard (1920), and Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1874).

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Among SCULPTORS In France

Among sculptors born in France, Germain Pilon ranks 27. Before him are Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876), Antoine-Louis Barye (1795), Augustin Pajou (1730), Emmanuel Frémiet (1824), Daniel Buren (1938), and Jules Dalou (1838). After him are Henri Laurens (1885), Charles Despiau (1874), Auguste Clésinger (1814), Augustin-Alexandre Dumont (1801), Antoine-Denis Chaudet (1763), and Alexandre Falguière (1831).

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