Jean Goujon

Jean Goujon
Statue of Jean Goujon by Bernard Seurre, located on the exterior of the Louvre
Bornc. 1510
probably Normandy
Diedc. 1565, ~55 years old
probably Bologna
NationalityFrench
Known forsculptor, architect
Notable workFountain of the Innocents, Caryatids of the Louvre

Jean Goujon (c. 1510 – c. 1565)[1][2] was a French Renaissance sculptor and architect.

  1. ^ Thirion, Jacques (1996). "Goujon, Jean" in The Dictionary of Art, edited by Jane Turner; vol. 13, pp. 225–227. London: Macmillan. Reprinted 1998 with minor corrections: ISBN 9781884446009.
  2. ^ A. de Montaiglon, documentary articles in Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 30 (1884), pp. 377-394, and 31 (1885), pp. 5-21, noted by Stein 1890:6, states Goujon died after 1572.