Philippe Magnier

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]

Philippe Magnier, Lutteurs, The Louvre, 1684-88

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)

References
  1. Martha Mel Stumberg Edmunds (2002). Piety and Politics: Imaging Divine Kingship in Louis XIV's Chapel at Versailles. University of Delaware Press. ISBN 0-87413-693-8.
  • Philippe Magnier in American public collections, on the French Sculpture Census website


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