[VERSAILLES]. [CAFFIERI (Philippe), sculptor] Receipt for the sum of 700 livres "pour les ouvrages de sculpture des deux chapiteaux des colonnes de l'alcôve des bains faits au château de Versailles." Deed on parchment, printed and handwritten, in French France, Paris, April 8, 1679 Signed (Philippe Caffieri) Dimensions: 250 x 175 mm Philippe Caffieri (1634-1716) was a sculptor and bronzemaker of Italian origin (Naples), who became a naturalized French citizen. He belonged to a dynasty of sculptors who worked for the monarchy and the great princes. He was the first of this dynasty of sculptors, and was called to France in 1660 by Mazarin.

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