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Article: Born with a chisel: Jonathan Marsden welcomes a comprehensive study of Francois du Quesnoy, which explores the reasons for his high standing in baroque Europe.(Francois du Quesnoy 1597-1643)(Book review)
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- September 1, 2006
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Francois du Quesnoy 1597-1643 Marion Boudon-Machuel, Arthena, 120 [euro] ISBN 2 9032 3932 0
Among the most famous exhibits in the Victoria and Albert Museum's British Galleries is the Walpole Cabinet, made by William Hallett in the 1740s as a sort of reliquary for the miniature trophies of Horace Walpole's Grand Tour. Its pediment is crowned by three small ivory figures, of which two--representing Andrea Palladio and Inigo Jones--are perhaps for most visitors more readily recognisable and placeable than the third, the Roman baroque sculptor Francois du Quesnoy. What is he doing up there with those two more familiar heroes? With this eagerly-awaited monograph, ...
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