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…

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Louis XIV

sculptor French 18th Century

artist after Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Roman, 1598 - 1680)

c. 1780, before 1793

Medium: bronze
Classification: Sculpture
Dimensions: overall: 84.2 x 100 x 43.2 cm (33 1/8 x 39 3/8 x 17 in.)
Culture: French
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CSD
Credit line: Samuel H. Kress Collection
Rights: Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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