Germain Rammer

German Rammer , born towards 1528 with Paris and died in 1590 in the same city, is one of the most important sculptors of the French Renaissance. He was the sculptor of the tombs of the French kings of the 16th century.

Biography

Wire of the sculptor Andre Pilon, it is initiated near this last with the modelling of the terra cotta and the stone size. Appointed controller of the Punches and Currencies of the king, he also learns art from the cast iron and the chiselling of bronze. From 1558 with its death, he works for the Court of France, carrying out the monuments of François I {{er}} and of Henri II, the lying ones of this last and Catherine de Médicis, as well as the royal currencies. He is also an appreciated sculptor of the French aristocracy, still specialized there in the funerary art. In its workshop its sons like Mathieu Jacquet work, which ensure the success of the style of Rammer over several decades.

Works

Museum of Louvre

monument of the heart of Henri II (with Dominique Florentin), marble, about 1560-1566;
Resurrection , group out of marble, coming from the funerary vault of Henri II in Saint-Denis, before 1572;
tomb of Valentine Balbiani, group out of marble, about 1573;
medallion of Catherine de Médicis, bronzes, about 1575;
medallion of the chancellor of Birague, bronzes, about 1577;
Christ with the garden of the Olive-trees, holy Paul, Melchisédech , marble low-relief coming from the eucharistic custode of the church Saint-Etienne-of-Mount, about 1582;
Statue of devotion of the cardinal Rene de Birague , bronzes, after 1584;
Virgin of pain , terra cotta model for the marble statue today to the Saint-Paul church.

Other sites in Paris

Virgin of pain to the church Saint-Paul, district of the Marsh, Paris;
Mascarons of the New Bridge.

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