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After Guillaume Coustou, Cheval de Marly Circa 1900, inscribed Coustou on the plinth, dark patinated bronze, reduced version of the sculpture now in the Louvre, which he created between 1740 and 1745 for Louis XV's Château de Marly. The extremely decorative depiction of an athletic young man attempting with all his strength to tame a wildly rearing, bridled horse saddled with a hide, on a naturalistic plinth, h 20 cm. Artist information: French painter and sculptor (1677-1746), brother of Nicolas Coustou, 1697 winner of the Roman Academy Prize, study trip to Rome where he worked with Pierre Legros, 1700 return to Paris, 1704 member of the Royal Academy, 1715 he became professor of the Academy and 1833 rector, works by Coustou can be found in the Palace Chapel at Versailles and in the Louvre Museum, among others, source: Wikipedia and Thieme-Becker/Vollmer, Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler.

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After Guillaume Coustou, Cheval de Marly Circa 1900, inscribed Coustou on the plinth, dark patinated bronze, reduced version of the sculpture now in the Louvre, which he created between 1740 and 1745 for Louis XV's Château de Marly. The extremely decorative depiction of an athletic young man attempting with all his strength to tame a wildly rearing, bridled horse saddled with a hide, on a naturalistic plinth, h 20 cm. Artist information: French painter and sculptor (1677-1746), brother of Nicolas Coustou, 1697 winner of the Roman Academy Prize, study trip to Rome where he worked with Pierre Legros, 1700 return to Paris, 1704 member of the Royal Academy, 1715 he became professor of the Academy and 1833 rector, works by Coustou can be found in the Palace Chapel at Versailles and in the Louvre Museum, among others, source: Wikipedia and Thieme-Becker/Vollmer, Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler.

Estimate 80 - 120 EUR
Starting price 80 EUR

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