L'Amour et l'Amitié

1783 H: 57 in. (144.78 cm); H of plinth: 40 1/2 in. (102.87 cm) Citation Source image

In 1754, Mme de Pompadour commissioned from Pigalle the original marble (now in the Louvre Museum, Paris). It was intended for her château in Bellevue on the outskirts of Paris and served as an allegory of her relationship with Louis XV, which had changed from that of mistress...

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Marie Catherine de Brignole [Princesse de Monaco], Betz, France, 1783, by commission; Baron de Richter, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Jacques Seligmann, 1914 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Mrs. Henry Walters, New York, 1914, by purchase; Mrs. Henry Walters Sale, New York, May 3, 1941, no. 1380; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.
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