Equestrian Statue of King Louis XIV (Bernini)
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| Artist | Gian Lorenzo Bernini |
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| Year | 1665-84 |
| Catalogue | 74 |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Material | Marble |
| Subject | Louis XIV of France |
| Location | Palace of Versailles, Versailles |
| Coordinates: 48°48′15.8″N 2°7′23.3″E / 48.804389°N 2.123139°E | |
The Equestrian Statue of King Louis XIV is a late sculpture designed and partially executed by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Bernini first discussed the project while in France in the mid-1660s, but it did not start until later in the decade, when back in Rome. It was not completed until 1684, and then shipped to Paris in 1685. Louis XIV of France was extremely unhappy with the end result and had it placed in a corner of the gardens of the royal palace at Versailles. Eventually, the sculpture was modified by François Girardon and altered into an equestrian sculpture of the ancient Roman hero Marcus Curtius [1] A. print of the sculpture, mistakenly identified as being by Bernini's father Pietro, exists in the Bibliotheque Nationale de France. [2]
References
- Notes
- ↑ Wittkower 1955, p. 293.
- ↑ Bernini, Gianlorenzo. Sculpteur. "[Louis XIV en Marcus Curtius] : [dessin] . Sculpteur". Europeana. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
- Bibliography
- Avery, Charles (1997). Bernini: Genius of the Baroque. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 9780500286333.
- Baldinucci, Filippo (2006) [1682]. The Life of Bernini. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 9780271730769.
- Bernini, Domenico (2011) [1713]. The Life of Giano Lorenzo Bernini. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 9780271037486.
- Hibbard, Howard (1990). Bernini. London: Penguin. ISBN 9780140135985.
- Mormando, Franco (2011). Bernini: His Life and His Rome. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226538525.
- Wittkower, Rudolf (1955). Gian Lorenzo Bernini: The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque. London: Phaidon Press. ISBN 9780714837154.