The Age of Louis XIV on Show at the Alexis Bordes Gallery in Paris

Published on 17 November 2021, by Stéphanie Pioda

With this hang, Alexis Bordes focuses on a few aspects of art from the Age of Louis XIV in a dozen works: mythological scenes, portraits and a still life by François Habert.

Pierre Puget, Medallion of Louis XIV Seen in Right Profile, Carrara marble, 65 x 66 cm/25.6 x 26 in.
Photograph by Michel Bury – Courtesy of Alexis Bordes gallery

This magisterial Baroque painting is by a relatively unknown artist (active between 1640 and 1655), as Mégane Odille points out in the catalog: "The number of works by François Habert, mostly signed, contrasts with the scant information we have about his life."…

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