Richier, Ligier (c 1500-1567)

French sculptor. He worked for the dukes of Lorraine, but later, having become a Protestant, he moved to Geneva. He produced tombs and religious works, his style realistic and sometimes macabre. One of his main works is the tomb of René de Chalons in the church of Saint-Étienne at Bar-le-Duc (1545).

Other works include the Entombment for the church of Saint-Étienne in his hometown of Saint Mihiel (1553); and an effigy of Philippe de Gueldres, the Duchess of Lorraine, in the church of the Cordeliers, Nancy.