François Marchand
François Marchand (c.1500 - August 1551) was a French sculptor. He was born in Orléans and died in Paris. He made several sculpted groups for the choir wall of Chartres Cathedral and the tomb of King Francis I in the Basilica of Saint-Denis.
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François Marchand
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- Born
- 1500 · Orléans.
- Died
- 1551 · Paris.
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- France
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- sculptor
- Languages
- French
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François Marchand (c.1500 - August 1551) was a French sculptor. He was born in Orléans and died in Paris. He made several sculpted groups for the choir wall of Chartres Cathedral and the tomb of King Francis I in the Basilica of Saint-Denis.
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Born at Orléans in 1500, died in Paris in 1551.
The recorded working language is French. Work by François Marchand is recorded in the collections of Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chartres.
Saint-Paul captif - François Marchand, 1543 - Albâtre provenant du maître-autel de l'ancienne église abbatiale de Saint-Père-en-Vallée à Chartres (actuelle église Saint-Pierre). Musée des beaux-arts de Chartres, Eure-et-Loir (France).
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1500
François Marchand was born in 1500.
1551
François Marchand died at Paris.
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- 1.Base Palissy IM28000426 groupe sculpté : Présentation au Temple
- 2.Base Palissy IM28000427 groupe sculpté : Massacre des Innocents
- 3.Michèle Beaulieu, Pierre Bontemps et le tombeau de François , , dans Etudes d'histoire de l'art offertes à Jacques Thirion des premiers temps chrétiens au , École des Chartes, Paris, 2001 (extraits)
- 4.Base Palissy PM28000186 statue : saint Paul captif
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- François Jouanneaux, Le tour du chœur de la cathédrale de Chartres. Eure-et-Loir, , AREP Centre éditions, 2000 ;
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