Philippe Magnier was a French sculptor (1647–1715) in the service of the Sun King's court painter Charles Le Brun.

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Life

He was born in Paris to Laurent Magnier. He worked for Le Brun at a time when many works of art were required for the new, enormous Versailles castle complex. He died in Paris.[1]

Works

• Les Lutteurs ('the Wrestlers'), a 1684–1685 copy of the classical Uffizi wrestlers, made for Versailles park (now in the Louvre museum)
• L'Aurore 'Dawn' (Louvre)
• Saint Jude (Louvre)
• Nymphe (park of Versailles castle)
• L'aurore (park of Versailles)
• Le Printemps 'Spring' (park of Versailles)
• Ulysse 'Ulysses' (park of Versailles)

References

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External links

• Philippe Magnier in American public collections, on the French Sculpture Census website

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