Bust of King Henri IV

Bust of King Henri IV

• Localisation : The Psyche Gallery
• Année de création :1610
• Artiste :Guillaume Dupré

Description

This polychrome wax bust of King Henri IV was already in Chantilly in 1740, when the Duke of Bourbon died; it was in the prince’s suites, in the corner room he used for audiences. Confiscated during the Revolution, it was returned to the princes of Condé during the Restoration. It is attributed to the sculptor and medal engraver Guillaume Dupré, a protestant and son-in-law of the reformed sculptor Barthélémy Prieur. With Mathieu Jacquet, known as Grenoble, he was tasked after the king’s death with moulding his mask to make a funeral effigy. According to some historians, th one made by Jacquet, which was chosen, must have been lost or destroyed, and this one is therefore by Guillaume Dupré.