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SARRAZIN, JACQUES (1588—166o)

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SARRAZIN, JACQUES (1588—166o) , See also:French painter, See also:born at See also:Noyon in 1588, went to See also:Rome at an See also:early See also:age and worked there under a Frenchman named Anguille. Starting thus, Sarrazin speedily obtained employment from See also:Cardinal Aldobrandini at See also:Frascati, where he won the friendship of See also:Domenichino, with whom he afterwards worked on the high See also:altar of St See also:Andrea della See also:Valle. His return to See also:Paris, where he married a niece of See also:Simon See also:Vouet, was signalized by a See also:series of successes which attracted the See also:notice of Sublet See also:des Noyers, who entrusted to him the See also:work by which Sarrazin is best known, the decoration of the See also:great portal and the See also:dome of the western See also:facade of the interior See also:court of the Louvre. The famous See also:Caryatides of the See also:attic show the profound study of See also:Michelangelo's See also:art to which Sarrazin had devoted all the See also:time he could spare from See also:bread-winning whilst in Rome. He now executed many commissions from the See also:queen, and was an active See also:promoter of the See also:foundation of the See also:Academy. The See also:mausoleum for the See also:heart of the See also:prince de See also:Conde in the Jesuit See also:church of the See also:Rue See also:Saint See also:Antoine was his last considerable work (see Lenoir, Musa des monuments See also:francais, v. 5); he died on the 3rd of See also:December 166o, whilst it was in progress, and the crucifix of the altar was actually completed by one of his pupils named See also:Gros.

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