The art of the Wallace Collection, including an account of its founders, a description of the pictures, and a survey of the chief exhibits in the galleries devoted to objects of art and arms and armour (1913)
Shelley, Henry C. (Henry Charles) · Boston, L. C. Page · leaf 346
ave for several slight de-tails, this is a replica of the marble bust by CharlesAntoine Coysevox preserved in the Museum atDijon, that work having been a commission to thesculptor in 1686 by the Parliament of Burgundy.Owing to the friendship of Lebrun, Coysevox wasgreatly favoured by Louis XIV, who… … COYSEVOX. — BRONZE BUST OF LOUIS XIV. :Bron3C5t HDarblea, porcelain, etc» 243 of the celebrated men of his time. This bronze issaid to be at least the equal of the marble in artisticmerit, and is described in the official catalogue as one of the finest extant portrait-busts of the GrandMonarque,…
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