AFTER THE MODELS BY ANTOINE COYSEVOX, FRENCH, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF BRONZE GROUPS OF FAME AND MERCURY
AFTER THE MODELS BY ANTOINE COYSEVOX, FRENCH, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
Each depicted on horseback, Fame blowing a trumpet and Mercury holding his caduceus, each on coats-of-arms and naturalistically cast bases, both inscribed several times in white paint 67.227.3a and 67.227.3b
23½ in. (59.5 cm.) high and 24½ in. (62 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Gift of Mrs. Ernest T. Weir, 1967.

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
F. Souchal, French Sculptors of the 17th and 18th centuries: The reign of Louis XIV, London, 1977, p. 210, nos. 77 and 78.

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Lot Essay

Antoine Coysevox's colossal marble equestrian groups of Fame and Mercury were executed between 1701 and 1702 during the reign of Louis XIV and were originally commissioned to adorn the ornamental horse pond at Marly. In 1719, however, they were replaced with Guillaume Coustou's horses and subsequently moved to the entrance of the Tulieries gardens in Paris.

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