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Jean Goujon was a French Renaissance sculptor whose elegant marble reliefs and architectural ornaments defined the transition from Gothic to Classical idiom in sixteenth-century France. Working primarily in stone, he favored elongated proportions, intricate drapery, and a refined naturalism that reflected Italian influence while maintaining a distinctly French sensibility. His carved panels and fountain sculptures for royal commissions established a vocabulary of restraint and formal clarity that shaped French sculptural practice for generations.