PIERRE LE GROS THE YOUNGER (1666-1719) Saint Thomas (1703-05) Terracotta (70 x 47 x 27 cm) Los Angeles County Museum of Art To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and open it in a new tab The following entry/article belongs to the catalogue of the exhibition "The Ahmanson Gifts: European Masterpieces from the Collection of …
Tag: French Baroque Art
Saint Augustine
PHILIPPE DE CHAMPAIGNE (1602-1674) Saint Augustine (c.1645-50) Oil on canvas (79 x 62 cm) Los Angeles County Museum of Art To enlarge the image, right-click on it, then "Open in a new tab" The text reproduced below is the entry written by the great British art historian Philip Conisbee (1946-2008) for the catalogue of the exhibition …
Portrait of Jean-Sylvain Bailly
AUGUSTIN PAJOU (1730-1809) Portrait of Jean-Sylvain Bailly (1791) Patinated plaster (75 x 49 x 28 cm) Los Angeles County Museum of Art To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Jean-Sylvain Bailly (1736-93), whose literary career was surpassed by his studies in astronomy and its history, was elected to the …
The Abduction of Proserpine
FRANCOIS GIRARDON (1628-1715) The Abduction of Proserpine (1693-1710) Bronze = Height: 105 cm Paul J. Getty Museum, Los Angeles To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Girardon, the most important sculptor of Louis XIV, had a solid academic background thanks to a scholarship provided by Chancellor Seguier. The young …
Old Masters 