According to Guillaume I CouSTou
(1677-1746)
MARLY'S HORSES
Bronze print with brown patina
Second half of the 19th century.
H. 39 cm - W. 32 cm - D. 14 cm
Restoration to a tail.
Louis XV discovered Marly in 1739 and to fill in the missing space of the Chevaux de la Renommée transferred to the Tuileries in 1719, the
Roi orders two groups to Guillaume I Coustou who competes in virtuosity with his uncle of Coysevox Installed in front of the watering trough of the
Château de Marly, the rearing horses held by their grooms are among the most emblematic monumental works of art of the
18th century. Marked by a search for dynamic effect, their success continued throughout the 19th century with the diffusion of reductions
in bronze like the one shown here.