Viardot, Louis, 1800-1883 · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 351
ythe arrogant president of the Academy ; but for allthat the gigantic groups of Pluto carrying awayProserpine, and Apollo descending to Thetis, withwhich he adorned the gardens of Versailles, haveearned him a distinguished position amongst thesculptors of the reign of the grand monarque. 318 FRENCH… … Fig. 58.—Riding-Master of Marly.(Paris, Champs-Elysees.) in the Tuileries Garden ; and the latter of thefamous Eciiyers or Chevaux de Marly, now placed atthe entrance to the Champs Elysees. The works con-tained in this room would not alone have earned for FRENCH SCULPTURE. 31 y the Coustous the…
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