'Girardon', (1628-1715), 1830. Francois Girardon (1628-1715) French sculptor of the Baroque, commissioned for the tomb of Cardinal Richelieu, best known fo statues and busts of Louis XIV and his statuary in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]

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