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Adonis, also known as Adonis Mazarin, [1] is a marble sculpture by Flemish artist François Duquesnoy, who completed it in the early 17th century.The Adonis bears the signature of Duquesnoy, and the statue, created around an ancient torso, should be indeed accepted as "a veritable artistic creation [of Duquesnoy]". [2]
Duquesnoy was born in Brussels.Having come from Flanders, Duquesnoy was called Il Fiammingo by the Italians and François Flamand by the French. His father, Jerôme Duquesnoy the Elder, sculptor of the Manneken Pis fountain in Brussels (1619), was the court sculptor to Archduchess Isabella and Archduke Albert, governor of the Low Countries.
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The four colossi in Saint Peter were approved by the Congregazione della Fabbrica of Saint Peter in a meeting held in May 1628. [1] While contemporary biographers of Duquesnoy and earlier, 20th century scholars believed that in this meeting a model by Duquesnoy (according to them risen to fame thanks to his Saint Susanna [1] [3]) received the approval of the Pope, [3] [1] modern scholars have ...
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There is debate over whether Duquesnoy secured the St. Susanna's commission as a result of the critical success of his St. Andrew or the other way around. In the 17th century, it was generally believed that the success of the former (St. Susanna) secured Duquesnoy his commission for the St. Andrew.
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