Barthélemy Prieur
Anne de Montmorency
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Barthélemy Prieur (c. 1536-1611) was a French sculptor.
Prieur was born to a
Huguenot family in Berzieux, Champagne (now in the department of the Marne). He traveled to Italy, where he worked from 1564 to 1568 for Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy in Turin
. Upon his return to France, he worked principally on funerary monuments and busts, but also on small bronzes.
In 1571 he began employment under
Louvre Museum, and was named sculptor to king Henry IV in 1591. He restored the Roman marble now called the Diana of Versailles
in 1602.
Several of his bronzes are preserved in the
Anne de Montmorency
is on display in the Louvre.
References
- Regina Seelig-Teuwen, "Barthélemy Prieur, contemporain de Germain Pilon", Actes du Colloque : Germain Pilon et les sculpteurs français de la Renaissance, Musée du Louvre, 26-27 Octobre 1990, La Documentation française, Paris, 1993.
External links
- Detailed biography of Barthélemy Prieur in the Virtual Museum of Protestantism
- Barthélemy Prieur in American public collections, on the French Sculpture Census website
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