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productions of the artist's chisel were brought before they were finished. Hence his disinclination to return to France, which a formal request from the Marquis de Marigny could alone overcome. He returned to Paris preceded by a reputation justified by the eagerness with which his works were sought as well as the price they commanded at public sales. From that time his career is marked by an incessant production of charming works, which purchasers immediately dispersed everywhere, without ever taxing the resources of the artist, who indeed seemed to execute them as a relaxation from the important works entrusted to him by the Chapter-house of the Rouen Cathedral, the Government of Languedoc, and the General-Director of Royal Buildings