Philippe Magnier

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Philippe Magnier was a French sculptor (Paris, 1647 - Paris, 1715) in the service of the Sun King's court painter Charles Le Brun when many works of art were required for the new, enormous Versailles castle complex.

[edit] 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)
• Circé (park of Versailles)
• Le Printemps 'Spring' (park of Versailles)
• Ulysse 'Ulysses' (park of Versailles)