Figure 149

Detail showing how the expansion of the iron armatures due to corrosion has generated a crack in the mirror. Jean-Baptiste Poultier (French, 1653–1719), Two Putti and a Girl Holding a Mirror, ca. 1685, cast by Aubry, Bonvallet, Schabol, and Taubin in 1685–87, Paris, H. 145 cm (Musée National des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, France, inv. 1850.8925). See for the metal composition of the cast.