Gilles Guérin

Bust of Anne of Austria, Queen of France by Gilles Guérin (1635-1640), Royal Castle in Warsaw

Gilles Guérin (16111678) was a French sculptor of the second rank, providing tomb sculptures and decorative sculptures in interiors, in the Baroque idiom. He was born and died in Paris.

Notable works

Louis XIV Crushes the Fronde

Notes

  1. The Bourbon-Condé had been prominent opponents of the king during the aristocratic rebellion called the Fronde and may have preferred a less public exhibition of the yoked figure beneath the king's heel.

References

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