Pierre Franqueville
Pierre Franqueville (* 1548 in Cambrai ; † around August 25, 1615 in Paris ) was a French sculptor . He learned the art of Mannerism in Florence and brought it to France.
Franqueville left his father's house at the age of 16 out of a passion for art and went to Paris, then to Germany, where he found a patron in Innsbruck in Archduke Ferdinand II of Tyrol who enabled him to study further with Giambologna . He gained a respected name for the statues of the four evangelists made for the cathedral in Genoa and for the allegorical figures of wisdom, humility and chastity for the Niccolini Chapel in Florence.
When King Henry IV called him to France in 1601 and appointed him first sculptor, he left Pietro Tacca the role of Giambologna's first assistant. In Paris he created numerous statues, busts and vases for the royal gardens and palaces. In 1604 he made the equestrian statue of Henry IV and in 1612 David with the head of Goliath (in the Louvre ); In 1614 he supplied the four corner figures of the pedestal for the bronze monument of Henry IV, representing the defeated nations (also in the Louvre). After the death of Heinrich IV. He became a sculptor of Ludwig XIII. appointed. He died in Paris in 1615.
literature
General Artist Lexicon Volume XLIV, 2005, page 121
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| SURNAME | Franqueville, Pierre |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Francheville, Pierre; Francavilla, Pietro (1548); Francqueville, Pierre; Francavilla, Peter; Francevillus, Petrus; Francevillus, Petrus a; Petrus a Francavilla; Francheville, Pierre de; Francqueville, Pierre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1548 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cambrai |
| DATE OF DEATH | around August 25, 1615 |
| Place of death | Paris |