- Jean-Jacques Clérion
Jean-Jacques Clérion (1637,
Aix-en-Provence orTrets - 1714,Paris ) was a French sculptor, working mainly for Louis XIV. For much of his career he worked on theChateau de Versailles , including many of the famous garden sculptures, such as the "Apollo Fountain". His admission piece to theAcadémie française , a 1689bas relief ofSaint James the Less , may be seen in theLouvre . He also produced a copy of theKallipygian Venus forLouis XIV 'sPalace of Versailles in 1686, and a copy of theMedici Venus which may be seen at theChâteau de Menars .External links
* [http://www.louvre.fr/llv/oeuvres/detail_notice.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673226366&CURRENT_LLV_NOTICE%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673226366&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=9852723696500822&fromDept=true&baseIndex=31&bmUID=1189640472876&bmLocale=en St James the Lesser, 1689, by Jean-Jacques Clérion, Louvre]
*fr icon [http://cartelen.louvre.fr/cartelen/visite?srv=rs_display_res&critere=Clerion&operator=AND&photoOnly=true&nbToDisplay=20&langue=fr Works by Jean-Jacques Clérion on the Louvre collections database]
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