19th-century French school, after Antoine Coysevox (1640 -17 - Lot 120

19th-century French school, after Antoine Coysevox (1640 -1720) La Renommée du Roi (La Renommée à cheval sur Pégase and Mercure à cheval sur Pégase) Two equestrian groups in bronze with brown patina, forming a pendant H. 39 cm and terrace 29.9 x 11.4 cm on Louis XV-style gilded bronze bases (H. :4 cm) Missing attributes Related literature -François Souchal, French sculptors of the 17th and 18th Centuries. The Reign of Louis XIV, Illustrated Catalogue, vol. I (A to F), 1977, notes 77 and 78; - Geneviève Bresc-Bautier and Anne Pingeot, Sculptures des jardins du Louvre, du Carrousel et des Tuileries, Editions RMN, 1986, II, p.132-138 ; -Ss dir. Geneviève Bresc-Bautier and Guilhem Scherf, Bronzes français de la Renaissance au Siècle des Lumières, Musée du Louvre édition, Somogy Edition d'art, 2008. These bronze groups are based on sculptures executed in Carrara marble by Antoine Coysevox in 1698, commissioned by Jules Hardouin-Mansart to adorn the Bassin de l'Abreuvoir in the Parc de Marly. Now in the Musée du Louvre (Inv.MR1822 and MR1824), the two marble groups form an allegory, La Renommée du Roi, in the tradition and iconography of Mansart and Lebrun's major commissions for the royal estates of Versailles and Marly. Designed by Coysevox, it was intended to celebrate the prosperity of the kingdom following the signing of the Peace of Ryswick in 1697. Renommée and Mercure illustrate the King's glory, showing him to be alternately warlike and peaceful; his victories are illustrated by the trophies of arms trodden by Pegasus' hooves.