Antoine Coysevox

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Antoine Coysevox was a prominent French Baroque sculptor renowned for his expressive portrait busts and monumental decorative works for Louis XIV’s palaces.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf French Baroque artist
human
sculptor
activeInCentury 17th century
early 18th century
artForm bronze sculpture
marble sculpture
artisticStyle French Baroque
countryOfCitizenship France
employer Louis XIV of France
ethnicGroup French
familyName Coysevox
fieldOfWork monumental decorative sculpture
portrait busts
sculpture
genre funerary sculpture
portrait sculpture
givenName Antoine
influenced 18th‑century French sculptors
influencedBy Italian Baroque sculpture
languageOfWorkOrName French
movement Baroque
name Antoine Coysevox
notableFor decorative works for Louis XIV’s palaces
expressive portrait busts
notableWork decorative sculptures for the gardens of Versailles
equestrian statue of Louis XIV (model, known through replicas and engravings)
portrait busts of Louis XIV’s courtiers
sculptural decorations for the Palace of Versailles
occupation portraitist
sculptor
patron French royal court
Louis XIV of France
sexOrGender male
styleCharacteristic detailed rendering of textures
dynamic Baroque drapery
expressive realism in facial features
subjectOf art historical studies on French Baroque sculpture
workLocation Paris
Versailles

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
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Antoine Coysevox
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