Antoine André was a French sculptor under Louis XIV. Since 1669 André was repeatedly in Carrara on behalf of Colbert to select marble for the King, which was intended for the ”embellishment of the Louvre and other royal palaces”. For the period around 1700 over-life-size marble statues, based on the theme of antiquity are rather uncommon. The Flora Farnese, signed, Antonius Andreas Anno 1676 is on display at the Tuileries Gardens at the Louvre.

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