• The Equestrian Statue of King Louis XIV is a sculpture designed and partially executed by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
  • At the time of Cartellier’s death of in 1831, only the horse – originally designed for an equestrian statue of Louis XV – had been completed.
  • This is just one of many great free stock photos about equestrian statue of louis xiv, francois girardon & gian lorenzo bernini.
  • In 1685 François Girardon was commissioned to create a twenty-three-foot-tall bronze statue of King Louis XIV on horseback (erected in 1699 and destroyed...
  • Several other structures and a statue occupied this site in the Place des Victoires after the end of the Revolution until, in 1828, a new bronze equestrian statue of...
  • The portrait is suffused with mythologizing motifs, including the two faces of Apollo encircled by sunrays on the saddlecloth, which identified Louis XIV as the...
  • A description of the journey Gian Lorenzo Bernini made to Paris at the request of King Louis XIV and of the equestrian statue of the king.
  • The artwork depicts a dynamic equestrian scene, showcasing King Louis XIV mounted on a rearing horse.
  • He acquired this version of a monumental sculpture of Louis XIV that once stood in central Paris, but had been destroyed by the revolutionaries.
  • This statue is a miniature version of the bronze statue on the Place d’Armes at Versailles, designed by Pierre Cartellier.