Philippe Magnier Explained

Philippe Magnier was a French sculptor (1647 - 1715) in the service of the Sun King's court painter Charles Le Brun.

Life

He was born in Paris to Laurent Magnier. He worked for Le Brun at a time when many works of art were required for the new, enormous Versailles castle complex. He died in Paris.^[1]

Works

• Les Lutteurs ('the Wrestlers'), a 1684–1685 copy of the classical Uffizi wrestlers, made for Versailles park (now in the Louvre museum)
• L'Aurore 'Dawn' (Louvre)
• Saint Jude (Louvre)
• Nymphe (park of Versailles castle)
• L'aurore (park of Versailles)
• Le Printemps 'Spring' (park of Versailles)
• Ulysse 'Ulysses' (park of Versailles)

Notes and References

1. Book: Piety and Politics: Imaging Divine Kingship in Louis XIV's Chapel at Versailles. Martha Mel Stumberg Edmunds. University of Delaware Press. 2002. 0-87413-693-8.