SCULPTOR

Ligier Richier

1500 - 1567

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Ligier Richier (c. 1500—1567) was a French sculptor active in Saint-Mihiel in Northeastern France. Richier primarily worked in the churches of his native Saint-Mihiel. Starting in 1530, he enjoyed the patronage of Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, who commissioned his work. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ligier Richier has received more than 57,261 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ligier Richier is the 153rd most popular sculptor (down from 151st in 2019), the 3,526th most popular biography from France (down from 3,336th in 2019) and the 30th most popular French Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Ligier Richier ranks 153 out of 258. Before him are Dušan Džamonja, Salvatore Garau, Damophon, Ron Mueck, Rudolf Belling, and Olafur Eliasson. After him are Valie Export, Antoine-Denis Chaudet, Hans Multscher, Juan Martínez Montañés, Anna Coleman Ladd, and Pietro Bracci.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Ligier Richier ranks 44. Before him are Ambrosius Benson, Luis de Narváez, Rum Mehmed Pasha, Georg Pencz, Robert de Nola, and Pedro Reinel. After him are Corneille de Lyon, Caupolicán, Theodore Bibliander, Martim Afonso de Sousa, João de Castro, and Álvaro Fernandes. Among people deceased in 1567, Ligier Richier ranks 11. Before him are Anne de Montmorency, Michael Stifel, Marin Držić, Girolamo Priuli, Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, and Juan Bautista de Toledo. After him are Estácio de Sá, and Gómez Pereira.

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In France

Among people born in France, Ligier Richier ranks 3,526 out of 6,770. Before him are Dudo of Saint-Quentin (960), André Parrot (1901), Frédéric Dard (1921), Élisabeth Roudinesco (1944), Jean-Louis Gasset (1953), and Johann Carolus (1575). After him are Geoffrey, Count of Nantes (1134), André Maschinot (1903), Émile Lemoine (1840), Rachida Dati (1965), Pierre Granier-Deferre (1927), and Louis Dollo (1857).

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Among SCULPTORS In France

Among sculptors born in France, Ligier Richier ranks 30. Before him are Jules Dalou (1838), Daniel Buren (1938), Auguste Clésinger (1814), Nicolas Coustou (1658), Henri Laurens (1885), and Emmanuel Frémiet (1824). After him are Antoine-Denis Chaudet (1763), Georges Lacombe (1868), Alexandre Falguière (1831), Augustin-Alexandre Dumont (1801), Charles Despiau (1874), and Léon Delagrange (1872).

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