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Louis XIV's Left Foot (fragment of Equestrian Statue of Louis XIV), François Girardon, 1692–94. Département des Sculptures, Musée du Louvre, Paris, France, MR 3448
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June 30, 2009 – Sep 27, 2009
Tuesdays–Fridays (10am–5:30pm)
Saturdays (10am–9pm)
Sundays (10am–5:30pm)
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Directions: Driving: The Getty Center is located near the intersection of the San Diego Freeway (the 405) and the Santa Monica Freeway (the 10). Take the Getty Center Drive exit from the 405 and follow the signs to the main gate on Sepulveda Boulevard.
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This exhibition represents an overview of three centuries of French bronze sculpture, when monarchs and private collectors came to embrace bronze as a valuable and appropriate material for both monumental and miniature sculpture. Countless masterpieces - especially those with royal associations - were damaged or destroyed during the French Revolution, but those that survive testify to the French Genius for bronze.
The exhibition is arranged chronologically, following the reigns of French monarchs, through the Bourbon rule and until the demise of the monarchy during the French Revolution.
