The Palace and Park by Phillips, Forbes, Latham, Owen, Scharf, and Shenton

[Born at Lyons, in France, 1640. Died in Paris, 1720. Aged 80.] Of Spanish origin. Employed for four years on the decoration of Cardinal de Furstenburg’s palace, at Saverne, in Alsace. Executed also for Paris, a statue of Louis XIV., and the bronze winged horse placed in the Tuileries gardens. The Revolution destroyed most of his works; but amongst those left is one of the finest--the monument of Colbert. A persevering and painstaking artist. [From a marble in the Louvre, by himself. The original bears the following inscription:--“Ch: Ant: Coysevox Sculpteur du Roi, Chancelier de l’Académie; par lui-même. Donné à l’Académie par Ch. Pierre Couston architecte du Roi, son petit neveu.”]