ain ters , ▁but ▁unlike ▁in ▁other ▁courts , ▁the ▁holder ▁was ▁always ▁a ▁French ▁native . ▁ ▁Court ▁sculpt ors ▁were ▁usually ▁appointed ▁when ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁large ▁building ▁programme ▁that ▁called ▁for ▁sculpt ure , ▁or ▁in ▁periods , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁dec ades ▁around ▁ 1 5 0 0 ▁and ▁the ▁Bar o que ▁period , ▁when ▁portrait ▁sculpt ure ▁was ▁especially ▁in ▁demand . ▁ ▁In ▁some ▁ 1 8 th - century ▁German ▁courts , ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁court ▁sculpt or ' s ▁work ▁was ▁design ing ▁figur ines ▁and ▁other ▁war es ▁for ▁the ▁prince ' s ▁por cel ain ▁factory . ▁ ▁He ads ▁for ▁co ins ▁might ▁also ▁be ▁designed ▁by ▁a ▁court ▁sculpt or . ▁ ▁There ▁was ▁no ▁regular ▁English ▁role ▁for ▁a ▁court ▁sculpt or , ▁though ▁Gr in ling ▁Gib b ons ▁was ▁called ▁the ▁" K ing ' s ▁Car ver " ▁for ▁Charles ▁II . ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁exceptions , ▁not ably ▁Gi amb olog na , ▁who ▁the ▁Med ici ▁never ▁allowed ▁to ▁leave ▁Florence ▁for ▁fear ▁the ▁H abs burg s ▁would ▁snap ▁him ▁up . ▁ ▁For ▁the ▁most ▁famous ▁artists ▁of ▁the ▁Renaissance , ▁ent rap ment ▁by ▁a ▁single ▁court ▁was ▁something ▁to ▁avoid , ▁as ▁Tit ian ▁was ▁careful ▁to ▁do , ▁by ▁remaining ▁in ▁Ven ice . ▁ ▁Court ▁port ra its ▁ ▁Med ieval ▁and ▁Renaissance ▁monarch s ▁usually ▁met ▁each ▁other ▁very ▁rarely , ▁if ▁at ▁all , ▁despite ▁the