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Lot Essay
Rapidement esquissé à la pierre noire, ce croquis représente le monument équestre du roi Louis XIV du Bernin dans les jardins de Versailles (R. Wittkower, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque, Oxford, 1981, no. 54, pls. 111, 113, figs. 110-112). Commencée au milieu des années 1660, la sculpture ne fut expédiée à Paris qu'en 1685. À son arrivée, Louis XIV était si mécontent du résultat qu'il fut placé dans un coin du jardin pour être finalement modifié par François Girardon en héros romain Marcus Curtius.
Swiftly drawn in black chalk, this quick sketch shows Bernini’s equestrian monument of King Louis XIV in the gardens at Versailles (R. Wittkower, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque, Oxford, 1981, no. 54, pls. 111, 113, figs. 110-112). While begun in the mid 1660s, the sculpture was only shipped to Paris in 1685. When it finally arrived, Louis XIV was so dissatisfied with the result that he had the sculpture placed in a corner of the gardens and eventually it was modified by François Girardon to the Roman hero Marcus Curtius.
Swiftly drawn in black chalk, this quick sketch shows Bernini’s equestrian monument of King Louis XIV in the gardens at Versailles (R. Wittkower, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque, Oxford, 1981, no. 54, pls. 111, 113, figs. 110-112). While begun in the mid 1660s, the sculpture was only shipped to Paris in 1685. When it finally arrived, Louis XIV was so dissatisfied with the result that he had the sculpture placed in a corner of the gardens and eventually it was modified by François Girardon to the Roman hero Marcus Curtius.