# Equestrian Statue of Louis XIV [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GIRARDON, François]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Bronze ## Commentary This is a small-scale version of the statue of Louis XIV for the Place des Conquêtes \(Place Vendôme\). Hardouin-Mansart and Girardon were together responsible for the Place Vendôme that masterpiece of the genre 'place royale', soon to be imitated throughout Europe. Girardon's statue, which was finished in 1699, inspired, among others, the <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/s/schluter/frederic.html'\)" href="/html/s/schluter/frederic.html">statue of the Grand Elector</a> in Berlin by Andreas Schlüter. ## Related artworks - [Allegorical Figure]() - [Apollon and the Nymphs \(detail\)]() - [Apollon and the Nymphs \(detail\)]() - [Apollon and the Nymphs \(detail\)]() - [Apollon and the Nymphs]() - [Apollon and the Nymphs]() - [Model for an Equestrian Statue of Louis XIV]() - [Monument of Richelieu \(detail\)]() - [Monument of Richelieu]() - [Monument of Richelieu]() - [Monument of Richelieu]() - [Monument of Richelieu]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()