François Girardon, Apollo Tended by the Nymphs, 1666-1673, Gardens of Versailles
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François Girardon Died 311 Years Ago Today. He Sculpted the Sun King’s Naked Majesty Into Marble.

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On September 1, 1715, François Girardon died in Paris at eighty-seven. He had spent five decades giving Louis XIV’s Versailles […]