Bust

C. Lacroix, Franco-Flemish Franco-Flemish

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The virtuoso Baroque carver, here signing C Lacroix fecit (under the man's left arm), was a Franco-Flemish native whose principal activity was in Genoa; he was possibly the same Lacroix, given name unrecorded, who was in Rome producing sculptures for the gardens at Versailles in 1680. Our subject has not been ascertained, but his identity may someday be unraveled through his dis tinctive pockmarked face and pugnacious profile. The two-ribbon tie was worn both in Genoa and at the court of Louis XIV. Lacroix established these details, as well as the pseudobrocade, with punctilio, but what really excited him was capturing the arrested flowing movement of wig and lace.

Bust, C. Lacroix, Franco-Flemish (Franco–Flemish, born Burgundy, active Genoa), Elephant ivory, probably French

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Bust, C. Lacroix, Franco-Flemish (Franco–Flemish, born Burgundy, active Genoa), Elephant ivory, probably French
Bust, C. Lacroix, Franco-Flemish (Franco–Flemish, born Burgundy, active Genoa), Elephant ivory, probably French
Bust, C. Lacroix, Franco-Flemish (Franco–Flemish, born Burgundy, active Genoa), Elephant ivory, probably French
Bust, C. Lacroix, Franco-Flemish (Franco–Flemish, born Burgundy, active Genoa), Elephant ivory, probably French
Bust, C. Lacroix, Franco-Flemish (Franco–Flemish, born Burgundy, active Genoa), Elephant ivory, probably French

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