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After Guillaume Coustou, French (1677-1746)
A pair of 19th century bronze models of the 'Marley Horses'
A pair of 19th century bronze models of the 'Marley Horses'
on naturalistic bases, dark brown patination, 60cm high
Sold for £2,160 inc. premium
Footnotes
- Guillaume Coustou the Elder was a French Sculptor and academic. He won the Colbert prize which awarded him a four year scholarship at the French Academy in Rome, however according to legend he soon left the academy and wandered homeless around the streets of Rome for some time. On his return to Paris the Roman influence was materialised in his monumental sculptures of the horse tamers, now known as the Marley Horses. Coustou's design reinvented the theme of the colossal Roman marbles in the Piazza Quirinale, Rome; and the Marley Horses take their name from Louis XVI's royal hunting lodge of that name.
Category: Decorative Arts / European Sculpture and Works of Art
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