François (–1669) and Michel Anguier (1612–1686) were two

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brothers and sculptors.

Lives

They were natives of Eu in Normandy, and served their apprenticeship in the studio of

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. François Anguier died in 1669. Michel Anguier died in Paris on 11 July 1686.

Works

The chief works of François were the monument to

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, the founder of the

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order, which formerly occupied the chapel of the oratory at Paris, and the

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of Henri II, the last duke of Montmorency, at Moulins. Of the monument to Cardinal de Bérulle, all but the bust have been destroyed. Michel directed the decoration of the church of

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from 1662 to 1667. A marble group of the Nativity in the church of

is reckoned his masterpiece. He was also credited with the sculptures of the triumphal arch at the Porte Saint-Denis (), which served as a memorial of the conquests of Louis XIV, and he supervised the decoration of the apartments of Anne of Austria in the old Louvre. Nicolas Fouquet also employed him for his château, Vaux-le-Vicomte. Bronze_of_Amphitrite_after_Michel_Anguier

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from the Grove Dictionary of Art * McGrath-Merkle, Clare. Berulle's Spiritual Theology of Priesthood. Munster, 2018. 1600s births 1612 births 1669 deaths 1686 deaths People from Seine-Maritime 17th-century French sculptors French male sculptors {{France-sculptor-stub