French sculptor (active at the end of the 19th century) Pair of rising stallions as Grand Tour objects Counterparts. Bronze, dark patina, stepped marble base. Fully sculpted horse sculptures in the Baroque tradition on a rectangular plinth with relief decoration around the edge, inspired by the two horse tamer sculptures by Guillaume Coustou (1677 - 1746) for the Château de Marly commissioned by Louis XV. Height 36 cm. Provenance: Dissolution of an important German private collection - Part I. French sculptor active late 19th century. Pair of rearing dark patinated bronze stallion sculptures on marble bases.