François Barois
Illustration — Portrait by Charles-Étienne Geuslain, 1723 François Barois (1656–1726) was a French sculptor. Barois was born and died in Paris. While residing at the French Academy in Rome he produced a copy of the Kallipygian Venus for King Louis XIV, working on it from 1683 to 1686.
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François Barois
François Barois (1656–1726) · Marie-Lan Nguyen (2010) · CC BY 3.0
- Born
- 1656 · Paris.
- Died
- 1726 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Education
- Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
- Known for
- Autumn · Spring · Venus Callipyge
- Honours
- Prix de Rome for sculpture
- Languages
- French
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His Cleopatra Dying was his reception piece for the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in 1700; it is now in the Musée du Louvre. Three more of his works are also now at the Louvre: Spring and Authumn (therm figures) and Pomona. Barois was among the large team of sculptors delivering decorative vases and other sculptural elements for the gardens of Versailles.
• Illustration — Callipygian Venus (1683-1686) • Illustration — Autumn (1696) • Illustration — Dying Cleopatra (1700) • Illustration — Pomona • Illustration — Spring
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François Barois (1656 – 1726) is documented in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. François Barois was born in 1656 in Paris, France. François Barois died in 1726 in Paris, France.
François Barois, Pomone Barois Louvre MR1977
François Barois (1656–1726) · Marie-Lan Nguyen (2010)
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1656
François Barois born at Paris.
1726
François Barois died at Paris.
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François Barois is recorded as having received Prix de Rome for sculpture.
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