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The Samuel H. Kress Foundation
221 West 57th St.
New York 19, N.Y.  May 11, 1954

#8071  DESJARDINS, Martin  1640-1694

" [[underlined]] LOUIS XIV [[/underlined]] "

White marble: 38-1/2".

Signed and dated:"DES JARDINS, 1675".

A hite marble figure of the young monarch as Hercules in regal pose, his right leg thrust forward, his left and placed lightly on his hip, palm upward; the left arm extending slightly away from the figure is resting on a mace which points downward on the base.

The statue was executed in 1675 when the King was in his '30s.  This was the most glorious epoch of his reign, when he had been crowned by victories which were to win him the name of Louis the Great.

It would seen, and as indicated by professor Louis Reau in his writings on this statue (see bibliography following), that this statue was commissioned by Marechal Duc de la Feuillado, a wealthy courtier at the court of Versailles, and the original protector of Desjardins.

[[underlined]] Collections: [[/underlined]] Maximo Sciolette, of Rio d Janiero and Paris

[[underlined]] Bibliography: [[/underlined]] Professor Louis Reau, "Martin Desjardins: Les statues de Louis XIV", "Pro Arte", Geneva, Nov. 1946, p. 289, p. 300.
Professor Louis Reau, "Bulletin de la Societe de l'Histoire de l'Art Francais, Paris, 1945-46, p. 145. Reproduced twice on p. 146.

PRICE...........................$35,000.-

(THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND 00/100 DOLLARS)  see following page..