Artist: Girardon, François (1628 -1715)

Item Title:

François Giradon (1623-1715) : le sculpteur de Louis XIV.

Author(s):

Maral, Alexandre ;  de La Moureyre, Françoise ;  Pégard, Catherine (foreword) ;  Bresc-Bautier, Geneviève (preface)

ISBN:

9782903239558

Imprint:

Paris : Arthena, 2015.

Language:

French

Size:

32 cm

Pages:

585

Illustrations:

b&w and color ills., plans

Concordance:

No

Bibliography:

Yes

Index:

Yes

Exhibition List:

No

Chronology:

Yes

Content Note:

The work catalogue is divided into five sections:
Dated or datable sculptures and undated works -- sketches and preparatory models, both dated or datable and undated -- antique sculptures (or reputed as such) which were completed by Giradon -- bronzes executed or presumed to have been done after the artist's models or under his direction, both dated or datable and undated -- ephemeral works.


Appendices include a chronology, biographical notices from several 18th-century authors, Girardon's post-mortem inventory, the 1719 dispersion of his collection, and an account of works in the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte. There are also other sources, bibliography, an index of names and places, and an index of works.

Public Note:

In several long chapters, the author outlines the sculptor's activity for the many royal sculptural programs at the Louvre, the Invalides, Versailles, etc.. Maral includes long sections on the royal portraits, official portraits and busts of important figures, religious works in various locations, and funerary works, including his masterpiece for the tomb of Richelieu at the Sorbonne.


Françoise La Moureye-Gavotry contributed a study of Giradon's activities as a major collector during the realm of Louis XIV. During his lifetime, many of Girardon's sculptural pieces were engraved, the plates for these are reproduced in this volume.