Jean-Louis Lemoyne

Biography

Jean-Louis Lemoyne was the pupil of Antoine Coysevox.

On order of Louis XIV, Lemoyne took part in the whole beginning of the 18th century with the realization of the decoration stuccoed and carved royal vault of the castle of Versailles. It carried out at the same time, in 1707, two statues of holy Simon and holy Thaddée for the balustrade this same building.

Works

Portrait of the architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1645 - 1755) (1703), bust, marble, Paris, Museum of Louvre
Holy Simon (1707), statue, stone, Versailles, castles of Versailles and Trianon, balustrade of the royal vault
Holy Thaddée or Jude (1707), statue, stone, Versailles, castle of Versailles, balustrade of the royal vault
Portrait of Philippe de France, duke of Orleans, regent of the kingdom (1674 - 1723) (1715), bust, marble, Versailles, castles of Versailles and Trianon
Portrait of Philippe de France, duke of Orleans, regent of the kingdom (1674 - 1723) (1720), bust, bronzes, Edinburgh, National Gallery off Scotland
Portrait of Pierre Michel, lord Duplessy (1694), bust, marble, Bordeaux, museum of the Art schools
the Fear of the features of the Love (1739 - 1740), statue, marble, New York City, Metropolitan Museum off Art
a companion of Diane (1724), statue, marble, Washington D.C., National Gallery off Art
Ballot box of garden (1727 - 1728), marble, New York City, The Frick Collection

See too

Internal bonds

Louis Tocque (1696-1772), Portrait of Jean-Louis Lemoyne , oil on fabric, Paris, museum of Louvre

External bonds

Sculptures external of the castle of Versailles
Jean-Louis Lemoyne in Artcyclopedia

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