The chief works of François were the monument to
Cardinal de Bérulle, the founder of the
Carmelite order, which formerly occupied the chapel of the oratory at
Paris, and the
mausoleum of
Henri II, the last duke of Montmorency, at
Moulins. Of the monument to Cardinal de Bérulle, all but the bust have been destroyed. Michel directed the decoration of the church of
Val-de-Grâce from 1662 to 1667. A marble group of the
Nativity in the church of
Val-de-Grâce is reckoned his masterpiece. He was also credited with the sculptures of the
triumphal arch at the
Porte Saint-Denis (), which served as a memorial of the conquests of
Louis XIV, and he supervised the decoration of the apartments of
Anne of Austria in the old
Louvre.
Nicolas Fouquet also employed him for his
château,
Vaux-le-Vicomte. ==Notes==