A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 411
r; b.April L5, 1G77 (at Lyons) ; d. Feb. IL, 1746.701 COUTURE Guillaurae was a brother of Nicolas Coustou(see Coustou, N.) and nephew and iiujiil of Au-toine Coysevox (see Coysevox, A.). He won thePremier Grand Prix de Borne in 1697 andwas made academicien in 1704. He did muchV ork for the… … Court of House situated at the Foot of the TaupeianRock ; Rome, It.vly. Nicolas was the son of Fran(;ois Coustou, awood carver of Lyons. At the age of eighteenhe entered the atelier of his uncle AntoineCoysevox (see Coysevox, A.) in Paris. He wonthe Grand Prixde Berne in 1682. In 1692Nicolas began…
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