Late 18th century FRENCH school after Étienne Le Hongre (1628-1690) Louis XIV on horseback Equestrian statue in bronze with brown patina H. 35 cm - W. 34 cm on a white and grey marble base LJ Minor damage to the protruding parts of the base, sword missing Based on a scale model of the equestrian statue of the King commissioned by the States of Burgundy on 18 May 1686, erected on the Place d'Armes in Dijon only in 1748 (destroyed in 1792).