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In temperament, his style was more akin to the classicized and restrained baroque of Duquesnoy than to the emotive works of other baroque artists.

From an artistic point of view, he was most successful in portrait-statues and groups of children, where he was obliged to follow nature most closely.

His terracotta models, some of them finished works of art, were prized by collectors.