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13.75 x 12.63 x 5.5 cm. (5.4 x 5 x 2.2 in.) S. A. Callisen, "The Equestrian Statue of Louis XIV in Dijon and Related Monuments", The Art Bulletin, vol. 23, no. 2 (Jun. 1941), pp. 131-140. F. Souchal, ...
All that survives today of the enormous bronze equestrian statue of Louis XIV formerly on the Place Vendôme, for example, which Maral describes as the most extraordinary equestrian statue ever to ...
The scaffolding enclosing the imposing equestrian statue of Louis XIV erected on the Place d'Armes in front of the château had just been dismantled after a studious polishing of the bronze.
Back in the 1700s when Frederik V ruled over the kingdoms of Denmark and Norway, any absolute monarch worth his weight knew he needed an equestrian statue to demonstrate his power. Frederik wanted a ...
The mould was also soon lost. It is interesting to note that some 200 years later when a huge equestrian statue of Louis XIV was constructed in Paris in 1699, the moulding and casting process used was ...