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Grande Commande

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The grande commande was a commission ordered by Louis XIV for statues intended to decorate the parterre d’eau of the gardens of the Palace of Versailles, as initially conceived in 1672. [1]

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  1. 24 relations: Étienne Le Hongre, Boreas (god), Cesare Ripa, Charles Le Brun, Corone (crow), Cybele, François Girardon, Gardens of Versailles, Gilles Guérin, Jean Cornu, Jean Raon, Jean-Baptiste Tuby, Laurent Magnier, Louis XIV, Martin Desjardins, Neptune (mythology), Orithyia, Palace of Versailles, Persephone, Philippe de Buyster, Pierre Granier, Pluto (mythology), Saturn (mythology), Thomas Regnaudin.

Étienne Le Hongre

Étienne Le Hongre (7 May 1628 – 28 April 1690) was a French sculptor, part of the team that worked for the Bâtiments du Roi at Versailles.

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Boreas (god)

Boreas (Βορέας,; also Βορρᾶς) is the Greek god of the cold north wind, storms, and winter.

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Cesare Ripa

Cesare Ripa (c. 1555, Perugia – Rome) was an Italian iconographer who worked for Cardinal Anton Maria Salviati as a cook and butler.

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Charles Le Brun

Charles Le Brun (baptised 24 February 1619 – 12 February 1690) was a French painter, physiognomist, art theorist, and a director of several art schools of his time.

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Corone (crow)

In Greek and Roman mythology, Corone (crow) is a young woman who attracted the attention of Poseidon, the god of the sea, and was saved by Athena, the goddess of wisdom.

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Cybele

Cybele (Phrygian: Matar Kubileya/Kubeleya "Kubileya/Kubeleya Mother", perhaps "Mountain Mother"; Lydian Kuvava; Κυβέλη Kybele, Κυβήβη Kybebe, Κύβελις Kybelis) is an Anatolian mother goddess; she may have a possible forerunner in the earliest neolithic at Çatalhöyük.

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François Girardon

François Girardon (17 March 1628 – 1 September 1715) was a French sculptor of the Louis XIV style or French Baroque, best known for his statues and busts of Louis XIV and for his statuary in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles.

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Gardens of Versailles

The Gardens of Versailles (Jardins du château de Versailles) occupy part of what was once the Domaine royal de Versailles, the royal demesne of the château of Versailles. Grande Commande and Gardens of Versailles are Palace of Versailles.

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Gilles Guérin

Gilles Guérin (1611–1678) was a French sculptor, who created tomb sculptures and decorative sculptures for interiors, which were executed in a Baroque idiom.

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Jean Cornu

Jean Cornu (1650, Paris – 1710 / 1715) was a French sculptor, most of whose works were designed for the gardens of the Palace of Versailles.

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Jean Raon

Jean Raon (4 July 1630 – 4 April 1707) was a French sculptor who worked mainly for Louis XIV.

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Jean-Baptiste Tuby

Jean-Baptiste Tuby (also known as Le Romain - born in Rome in 1635, died in Paris 9 August 1700) was a French sculptor of Italian origins, best known for the sculpture in the fountains of the Gardens of Versailles.

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Laurent Magnier

Laurent Magnier (1618–1700) was a French sculptor.

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Louis XIV

LouisXIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715.

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Martin Desjardins

Martin Desjardins, born Martin van den Bogaert (1637 – 2 May 1694) was a French sculptor and stuccoist of Dutch birth.

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Neptune (mythology)

Neptune (Neptūnus) is the Roman god of freshwater and the sea in Roman religion.

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Orithyia

In Greek mythology, Orithyia or Oreithyia (Ōreíthyia; Ōrīthyia) was the name of the following women.

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Palace of Versailles

The Palace of Versailles (château de Versailles) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about west of Paris, France.

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Persephone

In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Persephone (Persephónē), also called Kore (the maiden) or Cora, is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter.

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Philippe de Buyster

Philippe de Buyster (1595 – 1688), was a Flemish-French sculptor.

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Pierre Granier

Pierre Granier (1655 — 1715) was a proficient but minor French sculptor, trained in the excellent atelier of François Girardon who produced a generation of highly competent sculptors for the Bâtiments du Roi.

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Pluto (mythology)

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Pluto (Πλούτων) was the ruler of the Greek underworld.

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Saturn (mythology)

Saturn (Sāturnus) was a god in ancient Roman religion, and a character in Roman mythology.

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Thomas Regnaudin

Thomas Regnaudin (baptised 18 February 1622 – 3 July 1706) was a French sculptor, affiliated with Northern Baroque.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_Commande