François and Michel Anguier

François (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa]; c. 1604–1669) and Michel Anguier (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl ɑ̃ɡje]; 1612–1686) were two French brothers and sculptors.

Michel Anguier, engraving by Laurent Cars

Lives

They were natives of Eu in Normandy, and served their apprenticeship in the studio of Simon Guillain. François Anguier died in 1669. Michel Anguier died in Paris on 11 July 1686.

Works

The chief works of François were the monument to Cardinal de Bérulle, the founder of the Carmelite order, which formerly occupied the chapel of the oratory at Paris, and the mausoleum of Henri II, the last duke of Montmorency, at Moulins. Of the monument to Cardinal de Bérulle, all but the bust have been destroyed.

Michel directed the decoration of the church of Val-de-Grâce from 1662 to 1667. A marble group of the Nativity in the church of Val-de-Grâce is reckoned his masterpiece. He was also credited with the sculptures of the triumphal arch at the Porte Saint-Denis (c. 1674), which served as a memorial of the conquests of Louis XIV, and he supervised the decoration of the apartments of Anne of Austria in the old Louvre. Nicolas Fouquet also employed him for his château, Vaux-le-Vicomte.

Amphitrite after Michel Anguier. Bronze. 17th century.

References

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911), "Anguier, François and Michel", Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 2 (11th ed.), Cambridge University Press, p. 42

External links

• Media related to Michel Anguier at Wikimedia Commons
• "François and Michel Anguier" , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 2 (9th ed.), 1878, p. 46
• Biography from the Grove Dictionary of Art
• McGrath-Merkle, Clare. Berulle's Spiritual Theology of Priesthood. Munster, 2018.