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The grandson of Jean I, he continued the family tradition in the Asté workshop until approximately 1755. He specialized in Baroque church furniture throughout the Hautes-Pyrénées . A "Book of Reason" ( Livre de Raison ) detailing his daily life and commissions between 1768 and 1779 is preserved in the Departmental Archives of Hautes-Pyrénées . Contemporary Figures
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Born in Troubat, he established a workshop in Asté in 1647. He is celebrated for creating monumental Baroque altarpieces ( retables ) and tabernacles, often compared to the work of Pierre Affre. His style combined gilded wood architecture with expressive, sometimes "naive" religious figures. Notable works include the altarpieces at the Church of Notre-Dame de Garaison and the Church of Saint-Saturnin in Pouzac . The grandson of Jean I, he continued the
The name primarily refers to a lineage of renowned French Baroque sculptors from the 17th and 18th centuries, though it also belongs to several more contemporary figures in art and literature. The Ferrère Dynasty (Baroque Sculptors) Notable works include the altarpieces at the Church
The most prominent "Jean Ferrère" is the founder of a prestigious dynasty of artists whose work defined the religious aesthetic of the Pyrenees region.