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The statue of the Adonis is an original composition by Duquesnoy, bearing his signature. Indeed, according to the Comité français d'histoire de l'art, the opus "must be accepted as a veritable artistic creation [of Duquesnoy]." [2] The statue is also known as Adonis Mazarin, because once it was part of the collection of Cardinal Mazarin. The ...
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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.
The company employed about 130 people in Chicago in the late 1980s. [5] Collectors provide a market for resale of the statues, but they are not generally valued highly in monetary terms. [6] In 1996, the company was owned by B. Paul Brueggemeier and was having to leave its factory at 850 North Ogden to make way for a town house development. [7]
Sculptures by the 17th-century Flemish sculptor François Duquesnoy. Pages in category "Sculptures by François Duquesnoy" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
Statue of Alexander Hamilton (Chicago) Statue of Alexander von Humboldt (Chicago) Statue of Benito Juárez (Chicago) Statue of Benjamin Franklin (Chicago) Statue of Christopher Columbus (Chicago) Statue of Irv Kupcinet; Statue of Leif Erikson (Chicago) Statue of Michael Jordan; Statue of Richard J. Oglesby; Statue of Robert Cavelier de La Salle
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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