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The equestrian statue of Louis XIV is a bronzeequestrian statue of the King of FranceLouis XIV, located on the Place d'Armes in front of the Palace of Versailles.

Bernini louis xiv equestrian

Bernini louis xiv equestrian

Louvre history

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Bernini sculptures in paris

Equestrian statue of louis xiv

Until 2008–2009, it was located in the cour d'honneur.

History

This statue was designed by Pierre Cartellier. When he died in 1831, only the horse, originally designed for an equestrian statue of Louis XV commissioned in 1816 by Louis XVIII for the Place de la Concorde in Paris and which was ultimately never built, was finished.^[1] The rider is the work of Louis Petitot, Cartelier's son-in-law.

The whole was cast in bronze by Charles Crozatier in 1838.^[2] The proportions of the statues of the horse and the king are slightly different.

First erected in the cour d'honneur of the Palace of Versailles, it was dismantled in February 2006 on the occasion of the reconstruction of the royal gate of this courtyard.^[3] The restoration, costing