Pierre Legros I, (artist), French, 1629 - 1714, Cherubs Playing with a Lyre, 1672-1673, lead with traces of gilding, overall: 109 x 150 cm (42 15/16 x 59 1/16 in.), The fountains in the Garden Courts on the Main Floor of the West Building were originally made for the vast garden laid out for King Louis XIV of France (1638–1715) at his château of Versailles. The one in the East Garden Court, by Pierre Legros I, consists of two cherubs sitting in a shell and together holding a lyre, an attribute of the sun god Apollo, whom Louis XIV took as a symbol

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Keywords: 1629, 1672-1673, 1714, cherubs, french, gilding, lead, legros, lyre, pierre, playing, traces