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Nicolas Coustou
A portrait of sculptor Nicolas Coustou in full grey wig, his expression with a slight smile, and holding a hammer, with which he is working on the head of a large bronze female figure
Portrait of Nicolas Coustou at work,
by Jean Le Gros (1710)
Born(1658-01-09)9 January 1658
Lyon
Died1 May 1733(1733-05-01) (aged 75)
Paris
NationalityFrench
EducationC. A. Coysevox, Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, Académie de France à Rome
Known forsculpture
Notable workLa Seine at la Marne, Berger Chasseur, Descent from the Cross, Julius Caesar
MovementLate French Baroque
AwardsPrix de Rome

Nicolas Coustou (French pronunciation: [nikɔla kustu]; 9 January 1658 – 1 May 1733) was a French sculptor and academic.

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Nicolas Coustou

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Nicolas Coustou (French pronunciation: [nikɔla kustu]; 9 January 1658 – 1 May 1733) was a French sculptor and academic. Born in Lyon, Coustou was the...

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Coustou

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media related to Coustou family. Coustou is the name of a family of French sculptors: Nicolas Coustou (1658–1733) Guillaume Coustou the Elder (1677–1746)...

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Guillaume Coustou the Elder

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Paris. Coustou was a member of a family of famous sculptors; his uncle, Antoine Coysevox, was a royal sculptor; his elder brother, Nicolas Coustou was a...

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Guillaume Coustou the Younger

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XIV, and early neo-classicism. The son of Guillaume Coustou the Elder and nephew of Nicolas Coustou, he trained in the family atelier and studied at the...

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1658

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from India and South-East Asia (later from Madagascar). January 9 – Nicolas Coustou, French artist (d. 1733) January 17 – Samson Wertheimer, European rabbi...

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List of French artists

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Marie Courtois (c.1655–1703), miniature painter Nicolas de Largillière (1656–1746), painter Nicolas Coustou (1658–1733), sculptor Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659–1743)...

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Palace of Versailles

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to Paris. The bed of the King is placed beneath a carved relief by Nicolas Coustou entitled France watching over the sleeping King. The decoration includes...

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Louvre

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marble; height: 3.15 m, width: 2.91 m, depth: 1.28 m Group sculpture; by Nicolas Coustou; 1701–1712; marble; height: 2.44 m Louis XV as Jupiter; 1731; probably...

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Antoine Coysevox

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generation of French sculptors, including his nephews Nicolas Coustou (1659–1733) and Guillaume Coustou (1677–1746), who became important figures in French...

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Tuileries Garden

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placed at the west entrance of the garden. Other statues by Nicolas Coustou and Guillaume Coustou the Elder, Corneille Van Clève, Sébastien Slodtz, Thomas...

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Prix de Rome

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1676 – Pierre Laviron 1678 – Pierre Laviron 1680 – Jean Joly 1682 – Nicolas Coustou 1683 – Pierre Lepautre 1684 – Robert Doisy 1685 – Zéphirin Adam 1686...

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1650s

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Domenico Rossi, Swiss-Italian architect (d. 1737) 1658 January 9 – Nicolas Coustou, French artist (d. 1733) January 17 – Samson Wertheimer, European rabbi...

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1733

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Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes, Portuguese diplomat (b. 1676) May 1 – Nicolas Coustou, French artist (b. 1658) May 3 – Sir Richard Cox, 1st Baronet, England...

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French sculpture

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Coysevox and his students, including Nicolas Coustou and, shortly after his reign, a famous pair of horses by Guillaume Coustou (1739–45), whose replicas now...

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List of sculptors

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(1861–1958), US Guillaume Coustou the Elder (1677–1746), France Guillaume Coustou the Younger (1716–1777), France Nicolas Coustou (1658–1733), France Petah...

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1658 in art

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of Chicago) Jan Vermeer The Little Street The Milkmaid January 9 - Nicolas Coustou, French sculptor (died 1733) March 23 - Jean-Baptiste Santerre, French...

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1730s

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Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes, Portuguese diplomat (b. 1676) May 1 – Nicolas Coustou, French artist (b. 1658) May 3 – Sir Richard Cox, 1st Baronet, England...

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Timeline of art

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in art 1736 in art 1735 in art 1734 in art 1733 in art – Death of Nicolas Coustou 1732 in art – Birth of Jean-Honoré Fragonard; Death of Christian Richter...

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Baroque sculpture

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London c. 1730, after training under Balthasar Permoser in Dresden and Nicolas Coustou in Paris. He gained a reputation as a portrait sculptor and later also...

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