Antique French Gilt Bronze Statue Medieval King Louis VII Knight Templar 1880 Decorative Arts Anker married Anna Rüfli in

Anker married Anna Rüfli in 1864

Ernest and Charles Schneider grew up in Nancy

From his study of the modern masters

The plate having a a manganese glaze with shades of brown

He returned to school in the late 1940s to study art at Glendale College and landscape painting at the Art Center School of Design with Trude Hanscom (born 1898)

Antique French Gilt Bronze Statue Medieval King Louis VII Knight Templar 1880 Decorative Arts Anker married Anna Rüfli inA fine Antique 19th century cast gilt bronze statue of the medieval French King Louis VII of France, circa 1880. King Louis VII (11201180) was the King of France from 1137 until his death and was famous for his role in the crusades. The statue is very finely cast and depicts Kind Louis VII wearing his crown and medieval armor decorated with Fleur de Lis and his coat of arms with a coronet, his swork hanging by his side. The figure is resting on a ruin