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A smooth-skinned man is shown from the shoulders up amid a swirl of curls and fabric in this freestanding bronze sculpture. In this photograph of the piece, his shoulders square to us as he looks off to our left, his chin slightly lifted. He has bushy brows, a prominent nose, smooth cheeks, a pointed chin, and his full lips are closed. A thin mustache brushes his upper lip, and a curl coils in a perfect spiral on his somewhat flattened forehead. Curls cascade from head to well beyond his shoulders to flank a wide, patterned collar. We catch glimpses of armor on his shoulders within a whirl of billowing fabric. Below, a rectangular pedestal with a tall, inward-curving cove over stepped molding is on a marble plinth. The sculpture is shown against a fog-gray background in this photograph.
French 18th Century, Louis XIV, c. 1780, before 1793, bronze, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1943.4.87

Louis XIV

French 18th Century · c. 1780, before 1793 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1943.4.87

French 18th Century, Portrait of a Young Man, possibly c. 1770, oil on canvas, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1961.9.18

Portrait of a Young Man

French 18th Century · possibly c. 1770 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1961.9.18

French 18th Century, Voltaire, 1790, stipple engraving printed in red, Rosenwald Collection, 1964.8.1096

Voltaire

French 18th Century · 1790 · stipple engraving printed in red ·  Accession ID  1964.8.1096

French 18th Century, Portrait of a Young Boy, c. 1790/1795, oil on wood, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection, 1970.17.113

Portrait of a Young Boy

French 18th Century · c. 1790/1795 · oil on wood ·  Accession ID  1970.17.113

Italian 18th Century, French 18th Century, Design for an Inlaid Circular Table Top, with Alternatives, c. 1800, pen and gray ink with gray and black washes over graphite on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1997.75.2

Design for an Inlaid Circular Table Top, with Alternatives

Italian 18th Century, French 18th Century · c. 1800 · pen and gray ink with gray and black washes over graphite on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1997.75.2

French 18th Century, A Fan with Classical Figures Processing to Apollo, c. 1795, etching, aquatint and roulette printed in brown on laid paper, Katharine Shepard Fund, 2015.101.1

A Fan with Classical Figures Processing to Apollo

French 18th Century · c. 1795 · etching, aquatint and roulette printed in brown on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2015.101.1

French 18th Century, The Ponte Salario with Laundresses, c. 1780, gouache on laid paper mounted on cardboard, Phillips Family Fund, 2005.82.1

The Ponte Salario with Laundresses

French 18th Century · c. 1780 · gouache on laid paper mounted on cardboard ·  Accession ID  2005.82.1

Various Artists, French 18th Century, Jean-Baptiste-André Gautier-Dagoty, Seated Woman Embroidering, early 1780s?, color etching, wash manner, and stipple engraving with gold leaf and hand coloring with silver paint (tarnished) on silk satin, Widener Collection, 1942.9.1685

Seated Woman Embroidering

Various Artists, French 18th Century, Jean-Baptiste-André Gautier-Dagoty · early 1780s? · color etching, wash manner, and stipple engraving with gold leaf and hand coloring with silver paint (tarnished) on silk satin ·  Accession ID  1942.9.1685

Various Artists, French 18th Century, Jean-Baptiste-André Gautier-Dagoty, Minerva Crowning the Genius of Fine Arts, early 1780s?, color etching, wash manner, and stipple engraving with gold leaf and hand coloring with silver paint (tarnished) on silk satin, Widener Collection, 1942.9.1682

Minerva Crowning the Genius of Fine Arts

Various Artists, French 18th Century, Jean-Baptiste-André Gautier-Dagoty · early 1780s? · color etching, wash manner, and stipple engraving with gold leaf and hand coloring with silver paint (tarnished) on silk satin ·  Accession ID  1942.9.1682

Various Artists, French 18th Century, Jean-Baptiste-André Gautier-Dagoty, Seated Woman Sketching a Design for Embroidery and Children Winding Yarn, early 1780s?, color etching, wash manner, and stipple engraving with gold leaf and hand coloring with silver paint (tarnished) on silk satin, Widener Collection, 1942.9.1684

Seated Woman Sketching a Design for Embroidery and Children Winding Yarn

Various Artists, French 18th Century, Jean-Baptiste-André Gautier-Dagoty · early 1780s? · color etching, wash manner, and stipple engraving with gold leaf and hand coloring with silver paint (tarnished) on silk satin ·  Accession ID  1942.9.1684