Jean Goujon
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Jean Goujon
Jean Goujon, (born c. 1510,
Normandy?, Fr.—died c. 1568), French Renaissance sculptor of
the mid-16th century.
The earliest record of Goujon’s
activity as an architectural sculptor dates from 1540 at
Rouen. His mature mastery was first reflected in a screen
relief depicting the deposition of Christ from the cross
(1544–45; Louvre). Created for the Church of Saint-Germain
l’Auxerrois, Paris, this work marked the beginning of his
collaboration with architect Pierre Lescot and exemplifies
his personal version of Mannerism. Goujon’s masterpiece is
the set of six relief figures of nymphs (1547–49) that
originally ornamented the Fontaine des Innocents in Paris.
The elongated figures of these nymphs, confined within
narrow rectangular panels, are exquisitely adorned with a
linear play of rippling draperies. Goujon’s reliefs on the
court facade of the old Louvre (c. 1549–53) were marred by
inept restoration in the 19th century. The later of these,
in the attic portion, show a bolder relief, freer from his
earlier architectural restraint. The great hall inside
contains his most ambitious sculpture, especially the
gallery caryatids carved in the round, which were also
falsified by restoration. Goujon’s career after 1562 remains
obscure, though as a Protestant he may have fled the hostile
Roman Catholic atmosphere of Paris.
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Jean Goujon.
Salle des Cariatides
1550s
Stone
Palais du Louvre, Paris
Jean Goujon.
Caryatides
1550
Marble
Palais du Louvre, Paris
Jean Goujon.
The Seasons: Spring and Summer
1550-56
Stone
Hetel Carnavalet, Paris
Jean Goujon.
The Seasons: Autumn and Winter
1550-56
Stone
Hetel Carnavalet, Paris
Jean Goujon.
Naiad
1547-49
Stone, 74 x 195 cm
Musee du Louvre, Paris
Jean Goujon. Pieta
1544-45
Stone, 67 x 182 cm
Musee du Louvre, Paris
Jean Goujon.
Nymph and Putto, 1547-49, stone,
Musee du Louvre, Paris
Jean Goujon.
Nymph and Putto, 1547-49, stone,
Musee du Louvre, Paris
Jean Goujon.
Diane and the Stag
1550-54
Marble, 211 x 258 x 135 cm
Musee du Louvre, Paris
Jean Goujon.
Diane and the Stag
1550-54
Marble, 211 x 258 x 135 cm
Musee du Louvre, Paris
Jean Goujon.
The bronze sculpture Diana with a
Stag, c. 1549 in Nobelparken (the Nobel Park) in Stockholm, Sweden
Jean Goujon.
The bronze sculpture Diana with a
Stag, c. 1549 in Nobelparken (the Nobel Park) in Stockholm, Sweden
