A leading sculptor, architect, draftsman, and printmaker of the French Renaissance. Although little is known about his early career, he worked in Rouen and Paris from the 1540s, collaborating with Pierre Lescot on the decorations of the Louvre Palace and the Church of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois. Appointed court sculptor to Henry II, he created the Fontaine des Innocents, the Caryatids of the Louvre Palace, and the sculptural decorations of the Louvre's Lescot Wing. Known for his graceful, fluid figure representations influenced by ancient Greek and Roman sculpture, he stands as an artist representing the transition from the French Renaissance to Mannerism. As a Protestant (Huguenot), it is believed that he left France for Italy around 1562 due to religious reasons.

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