 A dynamic group of a saint with a putto in the landscape became a solid statue in a niche.While Le Gros was put in his place, he was not down and out.When it transpired that the undistinguished Florentine sculptor Antonio Andreozzi would not finish his "Saint James the Greater", efforts were made in 1713 to win over Louis XIV to take on the patronage and employ Le Gros, but to no avail.