Première version récusée par les Suédois. Août-octobre 1685. Médaillon probablement non installé. Deuxième version : voir RF4215. Elément destiné au Monument à la gloire de Louis XIV et de la Paix de Nimègue de la place des Victoires (Paris). Destiné au piédestal de la statue pédestre de Louis XIV. Commande de François d'Aubusson, duc de la Feuillade, maréchale de France.

Location:

musée du Louvre

About the author(s)

Author:

Bogaert Martin Van den

Also known as:

Martin Desjardins

Born:

1637

Dead:

2nd May, 1694

Country:

Pays-Bas

See more about this author on Wikipedia:

Martin Desjardins, born Martin van den Bogaert (1637 – 2 May 1694) was a French sculptor and stuccoist of Dutch birth. He was born at Breda, the son of a milliner in a house that would later carry the name 'de Drye Bredasche Hoeden' ("the Three Hats from Breda"). His early training was at Antwerp with the sculptor Pieter Verbruggen (1615–1686), while his mature career was spent at Paris, where he was working from the 1650s. His early Paris work was in decorative stucco reliefs, at the Hôtel… Read more...