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- Philippe Bertrand (1663 - 1724)
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- Place of Birth: Paris, France
- Place of Death: Paris, France
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- Philippe Bertrand (1663 - 1724)
- Allegorical group commemorating the accomplishment of the Vow of Louis XIII
- France
- 1714
- S176
- Large Drawing Room
- Bookmarkable URLIn 1714 the French Academy offered a poetry prize on the subject of the vow made by Louis XIII in 1638 to re-decorate the Choir of Notre-Dame if a son was born to him (as indeed happened that year). The winner of the prize was the now forgotten abbé du Jarry, while the runner-up was the young Voltaire who subsequently ridiculed du Jarry’s work. This sculpture was the prize. It comprises allegorical figures of Religion (left), Piety (right), Fame and an angel. Fame trumpets the achievement, while the other figures hold medals bearing busts of Louis XIII and Louis XIV and images relating to the vow and to the Academy itself.
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- Circle of Philippe Bertrand (1663 - 1724)
- The Birth of Venus
- France
- probably c. 1700 - 1720
- S195
- Great Gallery
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