Lot Essay
This is a reduction of François Girardon's (1628 - 1715) equestrian portrait of Louis SIV, cast by J.B. Keller, erected in the Place Louis-le-Grand, Paris, on 13 August 1699 (M. Martin, Les Monuments Equestres de Louis XIV, Paris, 1986, pp. 92 - 117)
A further example, bearing the C couronné poinçon tax mark for 1745-9 was acquired for George, Prince of Wales, later George IV, in Paris, 1817 at the cost of (360 (Treasures from the Royal Collection', Exhibition catalogue, London, 1988, 1988, no. 90, pp.94-5)
The popularity of this model resulted in several 19h century reductions by such Parisian Bronziers as Beurdeleys and Henri Dasson.
A further example, bearing the C couronné poinçon tax mark for 1745-9 was acquired for George, Prince of Wales, later George IV, in Paris, 1817 at the cost of (360 (Treasures from the Royal Collection', Exhibition catalogue, London, 1988, 1988, no. 90, pp.94-5)
The popularity of this model resulted in several 19h century reductions by such Parisian Bronziers as Beurdeleys and Henri Dasson.