The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Louis XVI

Date:: 1787
Culture:: French, Paris
Medium:: Marble medallion, gilt and marbleized wood frame
Dimensions:: Roundel: Diam. 27-5/8 in. (70 cm); Frame: H. 59-1/2 x W. 62-1/4 in. (151 x 158 cm)
Classification:: Sculpture
Credit Line:: Wrightsman Fund, 1990
Accession Number:: 1990.234

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 524

Description

One of a set of four roundels made for the Halle aux Draps (Draper's Hall), a 12th-centry building renovated under Louis XVI. The enframement of sunflower and laurel is possibly by Roland, since it accords well with his gilt wood panels with eagles and garlands made for the Château de Bagatelle in 1776 (see 07.225.17a, b).
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Signature: Roland.f.1787 (On tranche of bust)
Provenance

[ sale, Christie's, Monaco , June 18, 1989, no. 177 ] ; Bernard Baruch Steinitz (until 1990; sold to MMA)
See also
Who
Philippe Laurent Roland (7)
What
Sculpture (24,341)

Gilt (9,077)

Medals (3,077)

Marble (2,133)

Frames (882)

Medallions (829)

Roundels (367)
Where
Europe (150,651)

France (50,180)

Paris (2,005)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (67,139)
In the Museum
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (43,228)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
France, 1600–1800 A.D.
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