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Marly Horses I.

The Marly horses are two sculptural groups that represent wild horses and their grooms. In Carrara marble, they were executed between 1743 and 1745 by Guillaume Coustou.

They were commissioned by Louis XV of France to decorate the entrance to the park of the Palace of Marly, in order to replace two sculptures by Antoine Coysevox: Mercury and Fame of Louis XIV.

In 1794 they were moved to the Plaza of the Concord.

In 1984, due to the fact that the parade of the armed forces on July 14 weakened them, they were replaced by copies. The originals are preserved in the Louvre Museum.
 
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