Guillaume Coustou the Elder | |
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 Guillaume Coustou the Elder by Jacques-François Delyen, in the Palace of Versailles, Salle Louis XIV | |
| Born | 29 November 1677 |
| Died | 22 February 1746 (aged 68) Paris, Kingdom of France |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Movement | Baroque and Louis XIV style |
| Children | Guillaume Coustou |
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| Relatives | Nicolas Coustou (brother), Antoine Coysevox (uncle) |
| Director of the Académie de Peinture et de Sculpture | |
| In office 1733–1735[a] | |
| Monarch | Louis XV |
| Preceded by | Louis de Boullogne |
| In office 1735–1738 | |
| Succeeded by | Nicolas de Largillière |
Guillaume Coustou the Elder (French pronunciation: [ɡijom kustu]; 29 November 1677, Lyon – 22 February 1746, Paris) was a French sculptor of the Baroque and Louis XIV style. He was a royal sculptor for Louis XIV and Louis XV and became Director of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in 1735. He is best known for his monumental statues of horses made for the Château de Marly, whose replicas now stand in the Place de la Concorde in Paris.[1]
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- ^ Geese 2007, p. 311.