Louis Nicolas Victor de Félix - New York City, NY
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This life-sized marble bust of Louis Nicolas Victor de Félix, also known as the Comte de Muy or Count de Muy,, depicts him as a middle-aged man with curly hair (or wig) and wearing a folded garment with a sash and military honors.
Waymark Code: WMPVY0
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 10/27/2015
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This sculpture is located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Museum's website (
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"Louis Nicolas Victor de Félix, Comte du Muy and Marshal of France (1711–1775)
Artist: Jean Jacques Caffiéri (French, Paris 1725–1792 Paris)
Date: 1776
Culture: French, Paris
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: Height: 31 1/2 in. (80 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1928
Accession Number: 28.193
On view in Gallery 549"
and Wikipedia (
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informs us:
"Louis Nicolas Victor de Félix d'Ollières (23 September 1711, Aix-en-Provence – 10 October 1775, Versailles), comte du Muy, comte de Grignan, was a French soldier and statesman from a family originating in Provence. He was made a member of the Ordre du Saint-Esprit in 1764.
Former menin of the Dauphin, he remained so attached to him that he asked to be buried at his feet in Sens. This request was also made to please Louis XVI. Like Maurepas he was made secretary of state for war on 5 June 1774. He was made marshal of France in 1775."