Nicolas Coustou

Place: Lyon

Born: 1658

Death: 1733

Biography:

Nicolas Coustou (9 January 1658 – 1 May 1733) was a French sculptor and academic. Born in Lyon, Coustou was the son of a woodcarver, who gave him his first instruction in art. When he was eighteen years old he moved to Paris, to study under C.A. Coysevox, his maternal uncle, who presided over the recently established Académie royale de peinture et ...