Goujon, Jean (about 1510-1568), French Renaissance architectural sculptor, who skillfully harmonized his works with the structures they decorated. He was probably born in Normandy (Normandie). His work exhibits one of the most outstanding applications of the imported Italian Mannerist style. His mature mastery is exhibited in a marble relief depicting the deposition of Christ from the cross. It was created for the Church of Saint Germain l'Auxerrois in Paris in 1544-45, in collaboration with the architect Pierre Lescot.

His masterpiece, the panels of the Nymphs on the Fountain of the Innocents in Paris (1548-49), exhibits the most exquisite development of the French adaptation of Mannerism. The elongated figures confined in tall vertical panels create a rhythmical linear pattern in the arrangement of their filmy draperies, achieving an expression of great delicacy, elegance, and sophistication. Goujon's decoration of the court facade of the Louvre was poorly restored in the 19th century, as were his four caryatids supporting the musician's gallery in the Louvre's Great Hall.