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| Pilon, Germain |
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(zh rm N´ p lôN´) (KEY) , 1535–90, French sculptor. He was court sculptor under the later Valois sovereigns. He executed several sculptures on Henry II’s mausoleum at Saint-Denis. In the Louvre are a number of his vigorously realistic works including The Three Graces, supporting an urn that once held the heart of Henry II; portrait busts of Henry II and Francis II; The Virgin; and, his masterpiece, the figure of Chancellor René de Birague. As controller of the mint under Charles IX he made the finest medallions, medals, and coins of his time. |
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