Francesco du Quesonoy
(January12, 1597 - July 12, 1643) |
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Francesco du Quesonoy |
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Brussels, Belgium |
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Belgian |
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January12, 1597 |
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July 12, 1643 |
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Biography
Also called Francois Duquesnoy and Il Fiammingo, "the Fleming." Born in Brussels but lived in Rome from 1618 after receiving a government bursary to study there and deciding to stay, and died in Livorno on his way to take up a post offered to him many years before at the French court. Much of his work is lost as he was employed for his first years in Rome on small-scale sculpture for collectors, wooden reliquaries, and in restoring ancient marbles. He was generally drawn to a circle of serious-minded artists, and in 1627-8 was employed by sculptor Bernini on the decoration of the Baldacchino, the giant bronze canopy over the high altar of St Peter's in the Vatican. From that he was chosen to execute one of the four gigantic piers supporting the dome of St Peter's; Saint Andrew, one of only two monumental statues by him. His other, Saint Susanna, became celebrated and widely influential, and seemed at the time to have achieved the perfect synthesis of the study of nature and antique ideals. Du Quesnoy's reliefs and statues continued to exert their influence through the 18th century, thanks to his direct study of the antique.
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