French school, after Guillaume Coustou the Elder (1677-1746): A Marly horse, silver plated bronze on a marble base, 19th/20th C.

H 30,5 - 28 cm (with and without base)

Based on the colossal marble pair of the 'Horse Tamers' (Castor and Pollux) on the Capitoline Hill (Rome), the Marly Horses were commissioned in 1739 by Louis XV to the sculptor Guillaume Coustou to adorn the park of the Marly Castle. The originals are nowadays kept in the Louvre Museum.