Pierre Bontemps (ca. 1505–1568) was a French sculptor known for his funeral monuments, was, with Germain Pilon, one of the pre-eminent sculptors of the French Renaissance.
He executed most of the bas-reliefs on the tomb of King Francis I of France, representing the French victories at the battle of Marignano and the battle of Ceresole.
His also are the statues of the King, Queen Claude, the Dauphin, and Louis XII and Anne of Brittany on Louis' tomb in the Basilica of Saint-Denis. The figures from the tomb of Charles de Maigny (c. 1556) are conserved in the Musée du Louvre.
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Name | Bontemps, Pierre |
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Short description | French artist |
Date of birth | 1505 |
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Date of death | 1568 |
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Famous quotes containing the word bontemps:
“why
Do our black faces search the empty sky?
Is there something we have forgotten? some precious thing
We have lost, wandering in strange lands?”
—Arna Bontemps (19021973)