Jean Goujon
[5] His most famous works are the sculptural decorations made in collaboration with Lescot for the western extension of the Louvre, 1555-62.A fine representative of Mannerism in France, Goujon's figures are elongated, sensual and fluid; his drapery work reveals knowledge of Greek sculpture, though certainly not at first hand.He is also responsible for engravings for Jean Martin's 1547 translation of Vitruvius and for work on the Château of Ecouen, for the Montmorency family.The purity and gracefulness of his style were disseminated throughout France by engravings by artists of the School of Fontainebleau and had an influence in the decorative arts.His reputation was slightly eclipsed at the end of the century by more mannered tendencies, but was appreciated by French Classicism.