Gilles Guérin

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Gilles Guérin - Tritons tend the horses of Apollo, Palace of Versailles

The sculptor Gilles Guérin (* approx. 1611 in Paris ; † 1678 there ) worked a. a. for the court of Louis XIV in Versailles .

Life

Almost nothing is known about the life of Gilles Guérin; he lived, worked and died in Paris.

plant

The following works by Gilles Guérin are known:

  • Fireplace attachments and bas-reliefs of the 'Four Elements' in the vestibule of the Château de Maisons
  • Decorative sculptures in the Château de Guermantes
  • Sculptures for Louis XIV's alcove bed in the Palais du Louvre based on designs by Louis Le Vau
  • Gisant of Henri II. De Bourbon, prince de Condé , the father of Louis II. De Bourbon, prince de Condé (known as Grand Condé ) for his tomb in the church of Vallery (Yonne) (approx. 1646–51) - today at the Musée du Louvre
  • Kneeling figures for the grave of Duke Charles de La Vieuville († 1653) and his wife Marie Bouhier († 1663) - today in the Musée du Louvre
  • Statue of Louis XIV as the annihilator of the Fronde (1653/4) - formerly installed in the courtyard of the town hall of Paris, today owned by the Bourbon-Condé family in Chantilly Castle (terracotta model in the Musée du Louvre)
  • Hermes head (1640) in Fontainebleau Palace (kitchen courtyard)
  • Altar and statues of St. Savinien and Potentien (1650) in the Notre-Dame-de-Bethléem church in Ferrières-en-Gâtinais
  • Tritons tend the horses of Apollo, based on an idea by Claude Perrault and a drawing by Charles Le Brun in the Thetis grotto in Versailles (1665/6)
  • Ceiling caryatids designed by Jacques Sarrazin in the Cour Carrée des Palais du Louvre
  • Statue L'Amérique (finished by Henri Emericq), one of the allegorical figures of the 'Four Continents' in the Gardens of Versailles

meaning

Gilles Guérin is considered a secondary artist these days, as he did not leave behind a single really original work. However, its stone treatment is also praised by its critics. Contemporaries valued him a bit higher, because after all he died as a professor at the 'Royal Academy of Arts' ( Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture ).

literature

  • Georg Kaspar Nadler: New general artist lexicon. Vol. 5, 1837 [1]

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personal data
SURNAME Guérin, Gilles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH around 1611
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH 1678
Place of death Paris