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The greatest chaser and gilder of bronze during the Louis XVI period, Gouthière carried out commissions for Madame Du Barry, the Duchesse de Mazarin, and the Duc d’Aumont. Because of a series of reversals and wasteful expenditures, he was forced into bankruptcy and died in poverty.

Source: Art in The Frick Collection: Paintings, Sculpture, Decorative Arts, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996.

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