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AFTER FRANCOIS GIRARDON, FRENCH, LATE 19TH CENTURY
AFTER FRANCOIS GIRARDON, FRENCH, LATE 19TH CENTURY
AFTER FRANCOIS GIRARDON, FRENCH, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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AFTER FRANCOIS GIRARDON, FRENCH, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Louis XIV on Horseback

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AFTER FRANCOIS GIRARDON, FRENCH, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Louis XIV on Horseback
bronze; on a rectangular bronze base inscribed 'Girardon' to the front and stamped 'TIFFANY & CO' to the lower right corner
43 ¼ in. (110 cm.) high
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
M. Martin, Les Monuments Equestres de Louis XIV, Paris, 1986, pp. 92-117

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Lot Essay

The present lot is a reduction of François Girardon's celebrated equestrian model of Louis XIV. Cast by J. Balthasar Keller and weighing over thirty tons, the monumental original was unveiled in the Place Louis le Grand (later renamed Place Vendôme) on 13 August 1699. It was subsequently destroyed by the populace in 1792 and only one hoof, now preserved in the Louvre, survives from it (Martin, loc. cit.).

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