Equestrian statue of Louis XIV in Versailles France

CountryFrance
Town:Versailles
Year of creation:1837
Rider(s):Louis XIV

(1638-1715), known as the Sun King reigned from 1643 to his death in 1715. His reign began at the age of four and lasted seventy-two years. As such, it is one of the longest documented reigns of any European monarch.
Sculptor(s):Cartellier and Petitot

Pierre Cartellier (1757 –1831) was a French sculptor.
Louis Petitot (1794 – 1862) was a French sculptor. He was the pupil and son-in-law of the sculptor Pierre Cartellier.

Description:

The present equestrian statue of Louis XIV in Versailles was commissioned in 1816 for the Place de la Concorde in Paris, and was designed by Pierre Cartellier. At the time of Cartellier’s death of in 1831, only the horse – originally designed for an equestrian statue of Louis XV – had been completed. The rider is the work of his son-in-law Louis Petitot. The proportions of the horse and the king are slightly different. The statue was erected in the courtyard of the Palace of Versailles in 1837. It was dismantled in 2006 in connection with the reconstruction of parts of the palace and gardens, and re-sited in 2009 on the Place d’Armes in front of the palace.