The Grand Dauphin
model 1688/1699, cast c. 1699
after Martin Desjardins
Sculptor
Artist After, Dutch, c. 1640 - 1694
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (with base): 57 x 21.3 x 48 cm (22 7/16 x 8 3/8 x 18 7/8 in.)
accessory size: 11.8 x 19.7 x 39.5 cm (4 5/8 x 7 3/4 x 15 9/16 in.)
gross weight (sculpture): 31.000 lb
gross weight (support): 11.000 lb -
Accession Number
1971.5.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Art market, London; (Michael Hall Fine Arts, New York, in 1967); purchased 5 March 1971 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1974
Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1974, no. VI, repro., as The Grand Dauphin on Horseback, Attributed to François Girardon.
1981
Glorious Horsemen: Equestrian Art in Europe 1500-1800, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts; The J.B. Speed Museum of Art, Louisville, 1981-1982, no. 76, repro.
Bibliography
1974
Lewis, Douglas. "Two Equestrian Statuettes after Martin Desjardins." Studies in the History of Art vol. 6 (1974):142-155, repro.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 640, no. 1009, repro., as Louis of France, The Grand Dauphin.
1986
Seelig, Lorenz. "Eine Reiterstatuette Kurfürst Max Emanuels von Bayern aus dem Jahr 1699." Anzeiger des Germanischen Nationalmuseums (1986):65-67, repro.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 74, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q63854524