Marly horses

Guillaume Coustou d.ä., 1743, Skulpturutställningen vid Louvren

‘Marly horses’ is a work by Guillaume Coustou d.ä. (France, 1677–1746). It is dated 1743. It is part of the collection Skulpturutställningen vid Louvren. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

It was commissioned by Louis XV of France. It is made of Carrara marble. It measures 340 × 284 cm. The work belongs to the genres public art and nude. The things depicted include horse, groom, man, and animal training.

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