Marly Horses

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Marly Horses is a famous pair of dynamic marble sculptures depicting rearing horses and their handlers, created in the 18th century by French sculptor Guillaume Coustou the Elder.

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Marly Horses canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf marble sculpture
outdoor sculpture
sculpture group
artisticPeriod 18th-century French sculpture
associatedWith Guillaume Coustou family of sculptors
commissionedBy Louis XV of France
commissionedFor royal residence
completionDate circa 1745
countryOfOrigin France
creator Guillaume Coustou the Elder
culturalSignificance iconic landmark of Place de la Concorde
currentLocation Place de la Concorde
entrance of the Champs-Élysées
depicts horse handler
rearing horse
genre equestrian sculpture
hasReplica Louvre Museum casts
Musée du Louvre courtyard copies
heritageDesignation monument historique of France
imageMotif rearing horse restrained by groom
inception 18th century
influencedBy classical antiquity
locatedIn Paris
materialUsed marble
movement Baroque
Rococo
notableFor expressive depiction of struggle between man and horse
influence on later equestrian sculpture
numberOfWorks 2
originalFunction decoration for the horse pond at Château de Marly
originalLocation Château de Marly
Marly-le-Roi NERFINISHED
owner French state (partially)
surface form: French state
relatedWork Horse Tamers (Coustou sculptures at Marly)
style dramatic movement
dynamic composition
subjectMatter mythologized horse tamers

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Guillaume Coustou notableWork Marly Horses