François Barois
François Barois (1656–1726) was a French sculptor. Barois was born and died in Paris. While residing at the French Academy in Rome he produced a copy of the Kallipygian Venus for King Louis XIV of France, working on it from 1683 to 1686. His Cleopatra Dying was his reception piece for the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in 1700; it is now in the Musée du Louvre. Three more of his works are also now at the Louvre: Spring and Authumn (therm figures) and Pomona. Barois was among the large team of sculptors delivering decorative vases and other sculptural elements for the gardens of Versailles. Notes External links Cleopatra Dying, by François Barois, Louvre website Works by François Barois on the Louvre collections database 1656 births 1726 deaths 17th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 18th-century French sculptors Sculptors from Paris 18th-century French male artists