{"product_id":"horse-and-slave-charles-crozatier","title":"Marly Horse and Groom Charles Crozatier","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"\u003eMarly horse and groom\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eCharles Crozatier\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eBronze\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"\u003eThis is a bronze sculpture, an antique model of a Marly horse and groom, after the original marble statues by Guillaume Cousto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"WaaZC\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"RJPOee EIJn2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjg1eSty_-RAxWAQUEAHSNNGCcQo_EKegQIAhAB\" data-hveid=\"CAIQAQ\" class=\"rPeykc uP58nb MNX06c\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe original full-size marble statues were commissioned by King Louis XV for the Château de Marly in the 1740s. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjg1eSty_-RAxWAQUEAHSNNGCcQo_EKegQIAhAB\" data-hveid=\"CAIQAQ\" class=\"rPeykc uP58nb MNX06c\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe work depicts a rearing horse being restrained by a semi-clad attendant.\u003cspan data-cid=\"546306b4-9941-45c0-ad3c-24d816f41a4b\" class=\"pjBG2e\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"UV3uM\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjg1eSty_-RAxWAQUEAHSNNGCcQo_EKegQIAhAB\" data-hveid=\"CAIQAQ\" class=\"rPeykc uP58nb MNX06c\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjg1eSty_-RAxWAQUEAHSNNGCcQo_EKegQIAhAB\" data-hveid=\"CAIQAQ\" class=\"rPeykc uP58nb MNX06c\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe originals are now housed in the Louvre Museum in Paris, with replicas standing in the Place de la Concorde.\u003cspan data-cid=\"04b80b77-22f3-432c-845f-eb764749830d\" class=\"pjBG2e\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"UV3uM\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBronze models like this one were popular reproductions in the 19th and early 20th centuries.\u003cspan data-cid=\"b355da30-3555-4233-a705-ac47b808a45f\" class=\"pjBG2e\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"UV3uM\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjg1eSty_-RAxWAQUEAHSNNGCcQo_EKegQIAhAB\" data-hveid=\"CAIQAQ\" class=\"rPeykc uP58nb MNX06c\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan data-cid=\"b355da30-3555-4233-a705-ac47b808a45f\" class=\"pjBG2e\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"UV3uM\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eCrozatier was born to poor parents, his family settled in Aiguilhe where he was raised from 1795 to 1813.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eHe entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the studio of Pierre Cartellier. He stayed in Italy from where he brought back a quantity of casts after the great masters of sculpture of the Renaissance and Baroque art which he would use to compose bronze art objects.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThis production attracted important princely, royal and imperial commissions, in France and abroad.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eHe died on February 8, 1855, leaving a large part of his assets to his hometown of Puy-en-Velav.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eOr the 340,000 francs bequeathed, 100,000 francs were allocated to the construction of a new Museum; a sum to which his widow added 26,000 francs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"\u003eHe is buried in Paris at the Père-Lachaise cemetery, 49th division.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eHis tomb, decorated with a bust and a basket in Carrara marble, was made in the green porphyry of Ternuay by François-Joseph Varelle at the Pont de Miellin granite Joseph Varelle at the Pont de Miellin granite works in Servance (Haute-Saône).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eHaving discovered several processes for improving molds, he was called upon to cast monumental sculptures. In 1833, Crozatier was commissioned to cast the statue of Napoleon I by Charles Emile Seurre located at the top of the Vendôme column which was erected in the center of the eponymous square to commemorate the Battle of Austerlitz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThis statue was replaced during the Second Empire by a statue of Napoleon I by Auguste Dumont.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lenkiewicz Arts and Jewellery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55248705290574,"sku":null,"price":1800.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/9141\/4862\/files\/IMG_4380.jpg?v=1768000409","url":"https:\/\/lenkiewiczartsandjewellery.com\/products\/horse-and-slave-charles-crozatier","provider":"Lenkiewicz Arts And Jewellery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}