Live Auction 21919An Opulent Aesthetic: An Important Private Collection from an English Country House
FRENCH, LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY, AFTER A MODEL VARIOUSLY ATTRIBUTED TO FRANÇOIS GIRARDON (1628-1715) OR ANTOINE COYSEVOX (1640-1720)
Lot 90

FRENCH, LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY, AFTER A MODEL VARIOUSLY ATTRIBUTED TO FRANÇOIS GIRARDON (1628-1715) OR ANTOINE COYSEVOX (1640-1720)

Louis XIV on horseback

Closed9 February 2023

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GBP 15,000–25,000

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FRENCH, LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY, AFTER A MODEL VARIOUSLY ATTRIBUTED TO FRANÇOIS GIRARDON (1628-1715) OR ANTOINE COYSEVOX (1640-1720)
Louis XIV on horseback
bronze group; on an ormolu-mounted ebony-veneered wood base, Louis XIV in classical dress, seated on a rearing horse
20 7/8 in. (53 cm.) high; 24 3/4 in. (63 cm.) high, overall

The Collection of Dr. Alexandre Benchoufi; Sotheby's, New York, 9 November 2006, lot 70.

Specialist note

Another example of the present composition is housed in the Grünes Gewölbe Museum in Dresden described as French, early 18th century, inv. no. ZV 3511 (see Martin loc. cit.).