About Philippe Caffieri
Lived 1634 – 1716 (aged 81–82). Philippe Caffieri was a French sculptor.
Filippo Caffieri (1634–1716), known as Philippe Caffieri, was an Italian decorative sculptor, active mainly in France.
He was born in Rome to an aristocratic family originally from Naples. After briefly serving Pope Alexander VII, was brought to France by Cardinal Mazarin and entered the service of King Louis XIV in 1660. He installed him in the same building as the Gobelins Manufactory, engaged in decorative, design, and engineering work for the French crown. He married the sister of the king's painter, Charles Le Brun. He was the first in a family of sculptors, his sons and descendants would form the prolific Caffieri family of sculptors active mainly for the French court.
Children François-Charles Philippe Caffieri (Francesco Carlo Caffieri) (1667–1721), eldest son, associated with his father's work and sculptor for ships Jacques, fifth son with disability
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French artist (1634–1716)
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Philippe Caffieri was born in 1634 in Rome.
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Philippe Caffieri died on 7 September 1716 in Paris.
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Philippe Caffieri was a sculptor.
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Philippe Caffieri was French.
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