PAIR OF LATE 19TH CENTURY BRONZE MARLY HORSES AFTER COUSTOU
DESCRIPTION
A pair of late 19th century bronze marly horses beautifully cast after the models by Coustou. Both sculptures show horses rearing with a muscular male groom in drapery holding on to the reins in his hands.
Signed to the base - Coustou
The original large size marly horses were sculpted by Guillaume Coustou the elder and commissioned by Louis XV of France. They were made from marble and positioned by the trough at the entrance of the Chateau de Marly which are now on show at the Louvre museum in Paris.
Height - 38 cm (15 inches)
Width - 33 cm (13 inches)
Depth - 14 cm (5 ½ inches)
Circa - 1890
£1,850
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