Jacques Sarazin
Jacques Sarazin, portrait by Charles-Nicolas Cochin , ca.1731
Jacques Sarazin , even Sarrazin written (* 1592 in Noyon , † 3. December 1660 in Paris ) was a French sculptor of the Baroque .
He learned and worked in Rome from 1610 to 1627 with Jean Languille , a French woodcarver, and met contemporary baroque artists, especially the painter Domenichino from Bologna and the Flemish sculptor François Duquesnoy .
In 1631 he married Simon Vouet's niece , and worked on his instructions for ten years. He then took part in the work on the Louvre after the Fronde , where he was in charge of the furnishings from 1639 to 1642.
In 1648 he was one of the founders of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture , which served as its director from 1654 to 1660.
Works
- Four Muses at the Parnassus Fountain of the residence of Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini in Frascati directed by Domenichinos (1619)
- Atlantids in stucco in two Roman churches, also under the direction of Domenichino (1629)
- Assumption of Mary and angels on the reredos in the Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs church (1629)
- Furnishing of the Wideville castle near Crespières under the direction of Simon Vouets (1635)
- Furnishing of the Chantemesle Castle , also under the direction of Simon Vouet (1637)
- The Enfants à la chèvre ( Children with Goat , 1640)
- Four pairs of caryatids supporting the pediment of the Pavillon de l'Horloge by Jacques Le Mercier at the Louvre (1641)
- Bronzes in the Monument du cœur for Henri II. De Bourbon , Prince of Condé , in Chantilly Castle (1648)
- Furnishing of the Maisons-Laffitte castle by François Mansart
- Bronze bust of Louis XIV as a child
- Two angels in silver at the Monument du cœur for Louis XIII. , in the choir of the Saint-Louis-des-Jésuites church (now Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis) (1645)
- Priant of Cardinal Pierre de Bérulle (1657)
literature
- Barbara Brejon de Lavergnée (Ed.): Jacques Sarazin. Sculpteur du roi, 1592-1660 . Exhibition catalog. Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris 1992, ISBN 2-7118-2664-3 .
- Antoine-Nicolas Dézallier d'Argenville: Vies des fameux architectes depuis la Renaissance des arts, avec la description de leurs ouvrages . Volume 2, reprint of the 1788 edition. Adamant Media, Boston 2006, ISBN, pp. 145-158.
- Marthe Digard: Jacques Sarrazin. Son œuvre - Son influence . Ernest Leroux, Paris 1934.
Web links
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sarazin, Jacques |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sarrazin, Jacques |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1592 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Noyon |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 3, 1660 |
| Place of death | Paris |