Bronze Sculpture Antoine Coyzevox

Bronze sculpture by Antoine COYZEVOX representing the goddess Flora (Chloris as a Greek goddess) Barbedienne cast Foundry stamp The original is in the Louvre Museum, 1710 Height: 45 cm L x W base: 14 cm Originally from Lyon, Antoine Coysevox (1640-1720) settled in Paris in 1657 and began a brilliant academic career: assistant professor from 1676, he was the first sculptor to direct the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in 1703. From Versailles to Marly, with the famous equestrian statues of the King's Fame, Coysevox built his official career on a solid network of relationships, with the support of Le Brun, Colbert and Hardouin-Mansart. His sculpture was put at the service of the king for effigies which, in Paris (his moving Louis XIV kneeling at Notre-Dame), Rennes or Dijon, disseminated the image of a new Alexander.