Jean Goujon (sculptor)
Jean Goujon (* before 1510 ; † around 1572 ) was a French sculptor of the 16th century and was called the "French Phidias ".
Goujon worked as an architect and decorative work at the Louvre from 1555 to 1562 , where he made a frieze , among other things . Much of his work was created in collaboration with the architect Pierre Lescot . Goujon was a Huguenot ; the fateful for the Huguenots Bartholomäusnacht of 23./24. He did not live to see August 1572.
Judging by his works, it seems to have been formed in Italy in Roman antiquity. Cellini and Primaticcio also had an impact on him, from whom he appropriated the slim proportions characteristic of fine figures. The first of his known works are the reliefs of the rood screen of St-Germain-l'Auxerrois (1541–1544, now in the Louvre), the Entombment of Christ and the four Evangelists, distinguished by the delicate treatment of the bas-relief. This was followed around 1550 by the reliefs at the Fontaine des Innocents in Paris, three of which, depicting river nymphs, are in the Louvre, and four caryatids in the Swiss room of the Louvre.
Heinrich II employed him in the construction of the Anet Castle , where, among other things, he performed his main work for a fountain, the resting marble figure of Diana with a deer and dogs. This marble group used to stand in the Louvre, but it has been lost since the Second World War ; A marble copy in the Vatican and casts in the Louvre and Stockholm have been preserved. Goujon is also credited with the tomb of Louis de Brézé , husband of Diana of Poitiers , in the Cathedral of Rouen , where he worked from 1541 to 1542. Four reliefs in the Louvre with three nymphs, a genius of water and a Venus are said to come from him.
Jean Goujon was a master of the relief style, graceful and lively in his compositions and less affected in his characteristics than his contemporaries. Engravings from his major works were published by Reveil in 1844.
Web links
-
Sculptures ( Hermitage St. Petersburg)
- Venus and Cupid France . Marble between 1510 and 1568. 51X57 cm
-
Reliefs (Louvre Paris)
- Saints:
- St. Mark H .: 0.79 m. ; L.: 0.56 m. ; Pr .: 0.11 m
- St. Lucas H .: 0.79 m. ; L.: 0.56 m. ; Pr .: 0.11 m.
- St Matthieu H .: 0.79 m. ; L.: 0.56 m. ; Pr .: 0.11 m
- St Johannes H .: 0.79 m. ; L.: 0.56 m. ; Pr .: 0.11 m
- "Notre-Dame de Pitié" or Déploration du Christ
- Nymphs:
- Nymphe et un petit génie sur un dragon marin H .: 0.74 m. ; L.: 1.95 m. ; Pr .: 0.12 m.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goujon, Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1510 |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1572 |