"Last Chance: Bronzes of the Crown"
1999-04-04 until 1999-07-12
Louvre
Paris, , FR France

The exhibition allows the public to discover the collection of small bronzes collected, for the main part, by Louis XIV, and which had been presented, on the verge of the French Revolution, in the Galeries du Garde-Meuble of the Crown (today the Hôtel de la Marine, place de la Concorde).

This collection, of over 300 objects, is comprised of antiquities (real or false), busts and various bronzes, including an important group of bronzes modelled after those by Jean Bologne. Essential element for monarchistic prestige, this collection reflects the knowledge and taste of the princes who used some of these large bronzes to decorate their residences.

Exhibition organised by the Musée du Louvre.

Curators: Sophie Baratte, Geneviève Bresc, Stéphane Castelluccio, Sophie Descamps and Amaury Lefébure.

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