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

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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 ¾ in. (63 cm.) high, overall

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

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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.).