A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE PAIR OF 19TH CENTURY SILVERED BRONZE MODELS OF THE MARLY HORSES

each horse rearing beside a semi-clad male figure, on naturalistic bases, signed 'COUSTOU', later adapted as lamp bases with brass fittings, each with twin lights,

the horses 56cm high, 94cm high including brass light fitment

Coustou's design for the Marly horses reinvented the theme of the colossal Roman marbles in the Piazza Quirinale, Rome. The original full size pair were produced for Louis XVI's royal hunting lodge at Marly / Marley.