hahaha. Let's not talk about France
Ok, I admit that regarding gothic art they were brilliant, but during Renaissance ( art which was highly influenced by classic art ), they were not really active.
When Napoleon attacked Italy and controlled it for sometime, he managed to steal a lot of precious statues and paintings, which now are at the Louvre.
And, observing this statue bit better, you can see it doesn't look really polished ( like roman / greek statues were ). Maybe it's simply a french statue with a lil tone of classic art.