Nicolas Cordier
Nicolas Cordier (1567–1612) was a sculptor from Lorraine working in Rome where he was also known as Niccolò da Lorena or "il Franciosino" (the little Frenchman). Cordier was born in Saint-Mihiel. Surviving works can be found in various prestigious churches of Rome and in The Louvre.
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Nicolas Cordier
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- Name
- Nicolas Cordier
- Born
- 1567
- Birthplace
- Saint-Mihiel, Duchy of Lorraine, Holy Roman Empire
- Died
- 1612 (aged 44–45)
- Place of death
- Rome
- Field
- Sculpture
- Nationality
- Nicolas Cordier is recorded as a citizen of France.
- Occupation
- Nicolas Cordier is recorded with the occupation sculptor.
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Nicolas Cordier (1567–1612) was a sculptor from Lorraine working in Rome where he was also known as Niccolò da Lorena or "il Franciosino" (the little Frenchman). Cordier was born in Saint-Mihiel. Surviving works can be found in various prestigious churches of Rome and in The Louvre.
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Biography
He died in Rome in 1612.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Nicolas Cordier • Born — 1567 • Birthplace — Saint-Mihiel, Duchy of Lorraine, Holy Roman Empire • Died — 1612 (aged 44–45) • Place of death — Rome • Field — Sculpture • Patrons — Pope Leo XI
Works
Works
• Illustration — African by Nicolas Cordier, mixed marbles c.1610, Museum of Old Masters, Dresden • Illustration — Bust by Nicolas Cordier, displayed in the Prado, Madrid • Image of St. Agnes in the basilica di Sant'Agnese fuori le Mura, Roma • Statue of David, Aaron, Saint Bernard de Claivaux, Dionisius l'areopagyte, in the chapel named "Borghese" or "Paolina" or "della Madonna" in the basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Roma • Guillaume de Thiene, in the chapel named "Sixte V" or "Sistina" or "Crocifisso", in the basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Roma • Büste Kaiser Aulus Vitellius • La Zingarellain the Borghese Gallery, Roma • Statue of Saint Gregory the Great in the Oratorio di Sant'Andrea al Celio, Roma • Statue of Saint Silvia, mother of Gregory the Great, in the Oratorio di Sant'Andrea al Celio, Roma • Statue of French king Henri IV, in the basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, Roma • Statue of the bust of Michele Cornia, in the basilica di Santa Maria in Ara Coeli, Roma • Statue of Saint Sebastian, funerary monument of Silvestro Aldobrandini and of Lesa Deti Aldobrandini, statue of the Charity, statue of the bust of Silvio Aldobrandini in the Aldobrandini Chapel, in the basilica di Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Roma • Statues of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (discussed), in the Abbazia delle Tre Fontane, Roma. • Bust of an African. Museum of Old Masters, Dresden 1610 • The Ethiopian, Prado, Madrid • Illustration — Statue of King David by Nicolas Cordier in the Borghese Chapel of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
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1567
Nicolas Cordier was born on 1 January 1567.
1612
Nicolas Cordier died on 1 January 1612.
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Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Paul Fiel, .
- 2.Sylvia Pressouyre, p. 572.
- 3.Sylvia Pressouyre, p. 569.
- 4.Paul Fiel, .
- 5.Sylvia Pressouyre, p. 570.
- 6.Sylvia Pressouyre, p. 574.
- 7.Paul Fiel, .
- 8.Paul Fiel, .
- 9.Paul Fiel, .
- 10.Paul Fiel, .
- 11.Paul Fiel, .
- 12.Paul Fiel, .
- 13.Ludovic Laugier. Le Maure Borghèse, de l'art d'accommoder les antiques. 14 février 2018.
- 14.« The Counter-Reformation and the end of the century », in Marcia B. Hall, Rome, Cambridge University Press, 2005, p. 255.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 5
- Anatole de Montaiglon, « Le peintre François Porbus, et le sculpteur lorrain Nicolas Cordier », Bulletin de la Société de l’histoire de l’art français, 1877, p. 142-143.
- Paul Fiel, « Un sculpteur lorrain à Rome, Nicolas Cordier », Le Pays lorrain, , vol. 2, Nancy, 1933, .
- Edward A. Maser, « The statue of Henry IV in Saint John Lateran : a political work of art », Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 6e période, t. LVI, juillet-décembre 1960, p. 147-156.
- Sylvia Pressouyre, « Un Lorrain à Rome au début du XVII siècle : Nicolas Cordier, sculpteur du pape », Les Fondations nationales dans la Rome Pontificale, actes du colloque de Rome (16- ), Publications de l'École française de Rome, 1981, .
- Sylvia Pressouyre, Nicolas Cordier. Recherches sur la sculpture à Rome autour de 1600, Rome, École française de Rome, 1984, 2 vols.
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