Cheval de Marly

About The Artist: Guillaume Coustou

Guillaume Coustou the Elder (November 29, 1677, Lyon - February 22, 1746, Paris) was a French sculptor and academician. Coustou was the younger brother of French sculptor Nicolas Coustou and the pupil of his mother's brother, Antoine Coysevox. Like his brother, he was employed by Louis XIV and Louis XV. He won the Colbert prize (Prix de Rome), as had his brother, which gave him a four-year scholarship at the French Academy in Rome; but refusing...