Baroque Fascination. Flemish Baroque Sculpture in French Public Collections.
Somogy| N° d'inventaire | 15364 |
| Format | 25 x 28 |
| Détails | 208 p., 140 illustrations, paperback with flaps. |
| Publication | Paris, 2011 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782757205020 |
The first work devoted to Flemish Baroque sculpture in French public collections, this catalog brings together for the first time more than sixty works that demonstrate the talent of the greatest Flemish Baroque sculptors. French public collections are distinguished by the large number of terracottas and drawings (preparatory studies that allow us to understand the creative process) but also by the diversity of the subjects covered. While works of a religious nature predominate, the taste for the antique and the secular are absolutely not hidden, as in this magnificent terracotta of the combat between a lion and a serpent by the sculptor Walter Pompe. Through this hitherto unexplored axis of study, Dr. Alain Jacobs, a specialist in Baroque sculpture, reveals to the general public all the power and influence of Flemish Baroque!
The first work devoted to Flemish Baroque sculpture in French public collections, this catalog brings together for the first time more than sixty works that demonstrate the talent of the greatest Flemish Baroque sculptors. French public collections are distinguished by the large number of terracottas and drawings (preparatory studies that allow us to understand the creative process) but also by the diversity of the subjects covered. While works of a religious nature predominate, the taste for the antique and the secular are absolutely not hidden, as in this magnificent terracotta of the combat between a lion and a serpent by the sculptor Walter Pompe. Through this hitherto unexplored axis of study, Dr. Alain Jacobs, a specialist in Baroque sculpture, reveals to the general public all the power and influence of Flemish Baroque!