Soldier Bending His Bow
Artist
Jacques Bousseau
(French, 1681 - 1740)
CultureFrench
Datelate 18th century
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 25 1/2 in. (64.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number69.34.1
Not on view
DescriptionBronze statuette of a soldier bending a bow. Shield strap hinged, therefore moves.Label TextAfter Jacques Bousseau French (1680-1740) Soldier Bending His Bow, late 18th century Bronze Museum purchase 69.34.1 The Parisian sculptor Bousseau was made a member of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in 1715. His reception piece, submitted to the Academy as a requirement for membership, was a marble sculpture of a Soldier Bending a Bow, a work found today in the Louvre, Paris. An impressive example of the French Baroque style, Bousseau's animated and robust male figure proved popular, and in the decades that followed a number of bronze reductions were cast, including the present work. The subject has also been interpreted as "Ulysses Tightening his Bow." Exhibition History"The French Bronze 1500-1800," M. Knoedler & Company, Inc., New York City, NY, Nov. 11-Nov. 27, 1968, no. 56 (see file). "Behind the Seen: The Chrysler's Hidden Museum," Large Changing Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., October 21, 2005 - February 19, 2006.
