Louis Garnier (Medallions by Simon Curé; Later additions by Augustin Pajou),
“The French Parnassus,” 1718-1721; Pajou additions, 1762 and 1777, Musée National de Versailles
I guess James Draper and Ian Wardropper didn’t really need me to protect them from Ken Johnson‘s bashing in the NY Times after all:
Finally, the Metropolitan Museum’s Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution gets the review it deserves!
Barrymore Laurence Scherer writes in today’s Wall Street Journal:
The glories of French bronze sculpture and the saga of France’s
adoption and cultivation of an art form once dominated by Renaissance
Italy are brilliantly illustrated by a new exhibition at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
And on it goes in that laudatory vein. Scherer even calls the Garnier “French Parnassus” (dismissed by Johnson as “the show’s weirdest piece”), a “confection,” just like me!
Do I get some credit for being quick?