Image scanned/or photographed from transparency and color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Fame

Artist Antoine Coysevox (French, 1640-1720)

CultureFrench

Dateafter 1702

MediumBronze

DimensionsOverall: 24 in. (61 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.2041A

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 207

DescriptionThis is a bronze female figure of Fame blowing upon her horn while sitting aloft on the winged Pegasus. This is a table sized bronze sculpture of Pegasus and Fame. Pegasus's forelegs are in the air, with mane long and loose, and is ready for flight, bearing the personification of Fame. Fame's clothes are easy, flowing draperies. She blows a trumpet announcing the fame of the King of France to the heavens. The central strut that supports the weight of the ascending horse bears the same imagery as Mercury's: it shows Minerva, Roman goddess of wisdom entrusted with the female personification of France to the King Louis XIV.

Label TextAntoine Coysevox French, 1640–1720 Fame, after 1702 Bronze Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.2041a ProvenanceGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to the Chrysler Museum, 1971. Exhibition History"Large or Small, Bronze or Wood, Painted or Plain: Problems and Solutions in Sculpture", The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, July 9 - September 13, 1981. "Man's Best Friends," Selden Arcade, Norfolk, VA, August 27 - October 19, 2013. Published ReferencesJacques Fischer. _The French Bronze, 1500-1800_. New York: M. Knoedler & Co. 1968: cat. no. 41. Heim Gallery. _Aspects of French Academic Art, 1680-1780_, exhibition catalogue for summer 1977. London: Heim Gallery. 1977: no. 25. David Steadman. _Large or Small, Bronze or Wood, Painted or Plain: Problems and Solutions in Sculpture_. Norfolk, VA: The Chrysler Museum, 1981, No. 32, p. 28, ill. b/w. Chrysler Museum. _Selections from the Permanent Collection: The Chrysler Museum_. Norfolk, VA: Chrysler Museum of Art. 1982: p. 49. Jefferson C. Harrison, _The Chrysler Museum Handbook of the European and American Collections: Selected Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings_. Norfolk, VA: The Chrysler Museum, 1991, No. 42, p. 55, color ill.