Jean Goujon

Jean Goujon

male
Jean Goujon, French sculptor and architect, is one of the major figures of the French Renaissance. His early life is little known; he may have...
Pierre Lescot

Pierre Lescot

male, deceased (1578)
Pierre Lescot (Paris c.1510 - Paris September 1578) was a French architect active during the French Renaissance, "the man who was first responsible...
Louis Le Vau

Louis Le Vau

male, deceased (1670)
Louis Le Vau was a French Baroque architect who worked for Louis XIV of France. He was born and died in Paris. He was responsible, with André Le N...
Hubert Robert

Hubert Robert

male, deceased (1808)
Hubert Robert, French artist, was born in Paris. His father, Nicolas Robert, was in the service of François-Joseph de Choiseul, marquis de S...
Philippe de Champaigne

Philippe de Champaigne

male, deceased (1674)
Philippe de Champaigne was a Baroque era painter of the French school. Born in Brussels of a poor family, Champaigne was a pupil of the landscape...
Jean-Baptiste Pigalle

Jean-Baptiste Pigalle

male, deceased (1785)
Jean-Baptiste Pigalle was a French sculptor. He was born in Paris, the seventh child of a carpenter. Although he failed to obtain the "Grand Prix",...
Germain Pilon

Germain Pilon

male, deceased (1590)
Germain Pilon (c.1537 Paris - 1590 Paris) was one of the most important sculptors of the French Renaissance. Trained by his father and (perhaps)...
Antoine-Jean Gros

Antoine-Jean Gros

male, deceased (1835)
Baron Antoine-Jean Gros, French painter, was born at Paris. His father, who was a miniature painter, began to teach him to draw at the age of six,...
Claude Perrault

Claude Perrault

male, deceased (1688)
Though Claude Perrault (Paris, 1613 - Paris, 1688) is best known as the architect of the eastern range of the Louvre in Paris, he also achieved...
Michel Laclotte

Michel Laclotte

male, 79 years old
Michel Laclotte is an art historian and museum director, specialising in 14th and 15th century French painting. His first role was as "inspecteur...