Live Auction 8011The Gothick Pavilion - A Private Collection from Belgravia
A MARBLE BUST OF LOUIS XIV
Lot 47

A MARBLE BUST OF LOUIS XIV

PROBABLY LATE 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF FRANCOIS GIRARDON

Closed26 January 2011

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A MARBLE BUST OF LOUIS XIV
PROBABLY LATE 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF FRANCOIS GIRARDON
31 in. (78.5 cm.) high

Château des Guignes, Orléans.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, Sussex, 24 May 1994, lot 392.

Specialist note

The present bust is comparable in composition to the bronze equestrian statue of Louis XVI for the Place Louis-le-Grand, Paris, executed by Giradon in 1692.