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| Keywords: Mathieu Jacquet - Portrait of Henry IV, King of France - Walters 27352 - Back.jpg Henry IV of France 1553-1609 here wears a laurel wreath which since the days of ancient Greece has signaled a victor The wreath and the king's relaxed smile suggest that he is both a great military leader and a compassionate father figure-the perfect good king Two other portraits of him are nearby The surface of the bronze preserves the masterful modeling of the wax model Flaws at the back of the neck may explain why this fine work was left in a rough state instead of being carefully finished like a nearly identical version in the Louvre Museum Paris The head was surely intended to top a bust or full-length statue prepared separately and possibly made of another material such as marble Jacquet was sculptor to the king from 1595 and worked in both marble and bronze ca 1605 Baroque bronze cm 31 6 accession number 27 352 9394 Goldschmidt Collection Jacques Seligmann Paris by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1910 Déjà Vu The Repeating Image in Renaissance and Baroque Art The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2007-2008 place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license Baroque sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Mathieu Jacquet Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Busts of Henry IV of France 1605c | ||||
