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Ligier Richier

1500 - 1567

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Ligier Richier (c. 1500—1567) was a French sculptor active in Saint-Mihiel in Northeastern France. Richier primarily worked in the churches of his native Saint-Mihiel. Starting in 1530, he enjoyed the patronage of Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, who commissioned his work. Whilst Richier did sometimes work in wood, he preferred the pale, soft limestone with its fine grain, and few veins, extracted at Saint Mihiel and Sorcy and when working in this medium he experimented with refined polishing techniques, with which he was able to give the stone a marble-like appearance. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ligier Richier is the 170th most popular sculptor (down from 153rd in 2019), the 3,769th most popular biography from France (down from 3,527th in 2019) and the 35th most popular French Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Ligier Richier ranks 170 out of 258. Before him are Halyna Sevruk, Rudolf Belling, Walter De Maria, Jan Brokoff, Gerhard Marcks, and Giuseppe Prinzi. After him are Ernst Neizvestny, Johann Georg Pinsel, Tullio Lombardo, Balthasar Permoser, Robert Jacobsen, and Sergey Merkurov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Ligier Richier ranks 50. Before him are Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón, Pedro Reinel, Theodore Bibliander, Ambrosius Benson, Lope de Rueda, and Corneille de Lyon. After him are Martim Afonso de Sousa, Leonardo III Tocco, Joachim Camerarius, João de Castro, García López de Cárdenas, and Álvaro Fernandes. Among people deceased in 1567, Ligier Richier ranks 13. Before him are Marin Držić, Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Girolamo Priuli, Juan Bautista de Toledo, Gómez Pereira, and Estácio de Sá.

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In France

Among people born in France, Ligier Richier ranks 3,769 out of 6,770. Before him are Marcel Langiller (1908), Claude Aveline (1901), Théophile Thoré-Bürger (1807), Émile Souvestre (1806), Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu (1889), and Albert Aurier (1865). After him are René de Saussure (1868), Isidore Pils (1813), Henri Hazebrouck (1877), Victor Loret (1859), Robert II (1000), and Alain Barrière (1935).

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Among SCULPTORS In France

Among sculptors born in France, Ligier Richier ranks 35. Before him are Charles Despiau (1874), Auguste Clésinger (1814), Augustin-Alexandre Dumont (1801), Antoine-Denis Chaudet (1763), Alexandre Falguière (1831), and Georges Lacombe (1868). After him are Louis-Ernest Barrias (1841), Marisol Escobar (1930), and Léon Delagrange (1872).

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