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Louis XIV

Adam Frans van der Meulen|Martin van den Bogaert called Desjardins

early 18th century

Louis XIV by Adam Frans van der Meulen|Martin van den Bogaert called Desjardins

Medium

Bronze, gilt bronze

Dimensions

Height: 17 3/8 in. (44.1 cm)

Classification

Sculpture-Bronze

Culture

French

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1911

Accession Number

11.129.1a

Tags

HorsesKingsLouis XIV

About the Artist

Adam Frans van der Meulen|Martin van den Bogaert called Desjardins · 1632–1690

Flemish painter and draughtsman, active also in France. He was the eldest son of the seven children of Pieter van der Meulen and his second wife Marie van Steen Wegen. He was baptized 11 January 1632 (the date of birth is unknown). He was known for genre and history scenes, in Brussels and in the court in Paris after 1664. He was later an adviser in the Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture ...

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