SOUVERAIN EN EMPEREUR ROMAIN

SOVEREIGN AS ROMAN EMPEROR
Incomplete terracotta figure sculpted in the
in the round, probably representing
Louis XIV dressed as a Roman Emperor,
his right hand resting on his chest.
France, early 18th century.
Height: 26 cm - Width: 11 cm - Depth: 10 cm
(Numerous visible accidents and
such as the head and left hand)

PROVENANCE
- Sale by André Périgois, February 25, 1976,
Drouot Paris, room 17, n°49.
- Collection C., Marseille.
Probably a modello for a monumental sculpture
such as the one representing Louis XIV
delivered by Antoine Coysevox (1640 - 1720) in
in 1689 to adorn the arcade at the end of the courtyard
of the Hôtel de Ville in Paris [Musée Carnavalet,
N° inv. S29]