File:LouisXIV-Bernini.jpg

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Summary

Artist



Description	Italian painter, sculptor and architect
Date of birth/death	7 December 1598	28 November 1680
Location of birth/death	Naples	Rome
Work location	Rome
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

Bust of Louis XIV

Date

1665

Medium

white marble

Dimensions

H. 105 cm; W. 99 cm, Depth 46 cm

Current location

Diana Salon, Grand Apartment, Palace of Versailles

Notes

The Journal written by Paul Fréart de Chantelou, which records Bernini's visit to Paris in 1665, describes in detail the gestation of his marble bust of Louis XIV, which took forty days to create. Berninin's design of the Palais du Louvre failed to please Louis XIV. Nevertheless the king showered Bernini with honours and commissioned his portrait bust from him. This is one of the few portraits for which Louis XIV agreed to pose: he allowed thirteen sittings.

Source/Photographer

Own work by Louis le Grand on 2006-08

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