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Legendre, Nicolas
(b Etampes, Essonne, 1619; d Paris, 30 Oct 1671). French sculptor. He began his career working principally as a sculptor in wood. His carvings for the doorcase of the Collège de la Marche, Paris (1650–55; destr. 1866), for the churchwarden’s pew at St Paul, Paris (1655; destr. c. 1699), and for the rood screen at St Sépulchre, Paris (1655; after models by Philippe de Buyster; destr. after 1699), established his reputation. In 1658 he was commissioned by the Queen Mother, Anne of Austria, to carve a marble statue of St Radegund with her own features (Poitiers, Ste Radegonde). Legendre’s friendship with Charles Le Brun led to commissions for decorative stuccowork for Nicolas Fouquet at the château of Vaux-le-Vicomte, Seine-et-Marne (1659; in collaboration with François Girardon), and for sculptures in wood, stone, stucco and marble at St Nicolas-du-Chardonnet, Paris (c. 1662; partly destr.).
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