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Horses of Marly
work by Coustou
Also known as: “Chevaux de Marly”
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Baroque sculpture
- In Western sculpture: France
…as seen in the famous Chevaux de Marly by Guillaume Coustou now marking the entrance to the Champs-Élysées in Paris but designed for Marly, as part of the most innovative outdoor display of sculpture since the 16th-century gardens of Italy. Coustou’s bust of his brother Nicolas has a characteristic freshness…
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discussed in biography
- In Guillaume Coustou
…last achievements were his famous Horses of Marly (1740–45), for Marly park. This group of statues later decorated the entrance to the Champs-Élysées in Paris before being moved to the Louvre Museum in 1984; copies of the statues are located at Marly and the Place de la Concorde. Coustou also…
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