Pierre Bontemps
Illustration — Figure from the tomb of Charles de Maigny (Musée du Louvre) Pierre Bontemps (c. 1505–1568) was a French sculptor known for his funeral monuments; he 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.
Pierre Bontemps
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- 1505 · Sens.
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Illustration — Figure from the tomb of Charles de Maigny (Musée du Louvre) Pierre Bontemps (c. 1505–1568) was a French sculptor known for his funeral monuments; he 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.
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Born at Sens in 1505, died in 1568.
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Jesus by Germain Pilon.
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- 1.le muse. De Agostini. II. 1964.
- 2.Treccani pierre-bontemps 4 giugno 2018
- 3.Charles de Maigny.
- 4.BONTEMPS PIERRE (1507 env.-apr. 1563).
- 5.Pierre Bontemps.
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