Louis Leramberg
Louis Leramberg (* 1620 in Paris ; † June 15, 1670 ibid) was a French sculptor .
Life
Louis Leramberg or Louis Lerambert was a son of Simon Lerambert and a student of Simon Vouet . Coming from a family of artists, he was a member of the Garde des Antiques et des Marbres du Roi au Louvre from 1637, the year his father died. His great-grandfather was Louis Lerambert I, who decorated the Valois chapel in the Abbey of Saint-Denis, his great-uncle Henri Lerambert was a well-known draftsman and his father created engravings and tombs. Louis Leramberg himself was not only popular as a sculptor at court, but also because of his poetic and musical talents. He received numerous commissions that included the design of sculptures, portrait busts and graves. However, many of his works have not been preserved. Around 1660 he created the stucco decorations of the chapel of the Chamarande Castle (formerly Château de Bonne ) in Chamarande , Essonne , as well as the grave reliefs for Jean Courtin and his wife, which are in the cathedral of Blois .
In 1663 or 1664 he became a member and in 1665 professor at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture . He belonged to the first generation of sculptors who decorated Versailles . There are preserved around two sphinxes ridden by love gods , which he worked out based on a model of his teacher Jacques Sarrazin , as well as a group of three dancing children made of bronze in the Allée d'eau . Many other of his works in Versailles were destroyed, such as various mythological creatures such as the faun and nymph who danced or held musical instruments from around 1664/65. They are known from engravings by the hand of Simon Thomassin and Jean Le Pautre .
His work L'Amour tirant à l'arc was created in 1667 for the pond on the Parterre du Midi in Versailles. It disappeared from its location around 1680. It was rediscovered over 300 years later and bought in 2009 for the Museum of the Palace of Versailles. Since then it has been the oldest statue in the holdings of the Musée de l'Histoire de France . The figure of the seated God of Love was restored by Emmanuel Plé. It took Plé a year to remove debris from the statue, to close bullet holes and to replace the wings, legs and head of the God of Love.
Antoine Coyzevox was one of Leramberg's students .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to most sources, in contrast to this, Marcmaison.com mentions the year of birth 1630.
- ↑ a b c answers.com
- ↑ Portrait index
- ↑ Marcmaison.com
- ^ Report on the restoration of the Cupid statue
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leramberg, Louis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lerambert, Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1620 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 15, 1670 |
| Place of death | Paris |