Guillaume dupré, françois de bonne, duca di lesdiguieres, 1600

Guillaume Dupré (1574 or 1576 – 1643) was a French sculptor and medallist.

Life

Dupré was born in

Sissonne Sissonne () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is about 20 km east of Laon, close to the source of the river Souche. The community dates back to the 12th century with the first church built c.1107. ...

. He was initially trained by the sculptor Barthélemy Prieur, and in 1600 he married Prieur's daughter. They had a son, Abraham, who also became a medal engraver. Dupré applied his artistic skills into producing medals, in particular for

Henry IV of France Henry IV (french: Henri IV; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first monarc ...

. In 1603 he was named ''Sculpteur Ordinaire du Roi'', and the following year was promoted to ''Contrôleur Général des Poinçons et Effigies des Monnaies de France''. Dupré's success continued, and in 1611 he was awarded the title ''Premier Sculpteur du Roi''. During his career he engraved medals for Henri IV,

Louis XIII Louis XIII (; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown ...

and the beginning of the reign of

Louis XIV , house = Bourbon , father = Louis XIII , mother = Anne of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France , death_date = , death_place = Palace of Vers ...

. He died in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

in 1643.

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* French medallists 16th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 17th-century French sculptors 1570s births 1643 deaths {{France-artist-stub