[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.”]