Daniel Alcouffe

Luigi Valadier au Louvre ou l'Antiquité exaltée.

Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1994. Dossiers du Musée du Louvre, 46. First edition. 2711829383 189 pages.

Softcover volume, measuring approximately 6.75" x 9.5", shows light shelfwear, with foxing to top edge of text block and nick at top of spine. Book is otherwise in fine condition, with solid binding, clean and bright pages.

"Exhibition held at the Louvre Museum, Richelieu wing, from November 17, 1994, to February 13, 1995."

"Luigi Valadier (1726–1785)—the most inventive Roman goldsmith and bronzeworker of the second half of the 18th century—enjoyed a reputation that brought him commissions from across the globe. As this catalogue demonstrates, his work is well represented at the Louvre, most notably by the spectacular gilt-bronze mounts he created for the Vatican’s collection of ancient cameos, at the request of Pope Pius VI."