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Artist: Guillaume Coustou The Elder (1677 - 1746)
Nationality: French
Movement: Baroque
Media: Sculpture
Influences:

Biography:
Guillaume Coustou I was the leading member of a family of French sculptors. He initially trained under his uncle Coysevox and then worked mostly for patrons in the court. Coustou spent three years in Rome from 1697 to 1700 where he was influenced by the work of Bernini. His most famous sculptures are a set of two made for the French royal chateau at Marly titled Horse Tamers.


Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
Click the artwork titles below to see actual examples of artwork or works of art relevant to works by Guillaume Coustou the Elder.

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Lucas Vorsterman the Elder Portrait of Wolfgang Guillaume, Comte Palatin du Rhine Engraving 16th - 17th century
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Paul Cezanne - Louis Guillaume c. 1882 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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Hyacinthe Rigaud - Cardinal Guillaume Dubois 1723 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art French
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Jan Brueghel the Elder Feast of the Gods oil on copper circa 1600
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Jan Brueghel the Elder Frame for "Feast of the Gods" oil on copper circa 1600
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Le Baron Charles Auguste Guillaume Henri FranÁois Louis Steuben Guillaume Tell...forty second plate in the book... Galerie lithographiÈe de son Altesse royale Monseigneur le Duc d* OrlÈans (Paris: Bureau de la Galerie ä [1830?]), vol.
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Thomas Eakins - Archbishop William Henry Elder 1903 oil on canvas Cincinnati Art Museum American
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Rembrandt - Jan Lutma, the Elder, Goldsmith and Sculptor 1656 etching Arkansas Arts Center Dutch
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Cristoforo Caselli - Saint Paul and Saint James the Elder 15th-16th centu paint on wood panel The Detroit Institute of Art Italian
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Rodrigo de Osona the Elder The Adoration of the Magi oil on pine panel 15th - 16th century
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Anonymous La Chapelle De Guillaume Tell 19th century
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Hyacinthe Rigaud - Portrait of Charles Gaspard Guillaume de Vintimille du Luc, Archbishop of Paris 1731 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester French
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Lucas Vorsterman the Elder The Adoration of the Magi Engraving 1620
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Jan van den Hecke the Elder [Two dogs] 1656
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Guillaume-Philippe Benoist Napoleon 18th century
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Guillaume-Philippe Benoist Alfred 18th century
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Guillaume-Philippe Benoist Prynne 18th century
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Guillaume-Philippe Benoist William II 18th century
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Guillaume-Philippe Benoist Mary I 18th century
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Duboulois Guillaume V 18th century
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Guillaume Chasteau The Assumption of the Virgin Engraving 17th century
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Cornelis van Dalen The Elder Giorgione de Castel Franco P. Engraving 17th century
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Henri-Charles-Bernard Guillaume Street Scene watercolor 1918
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Martin Guillaume Biennais Samovar (Hot Water Urn) silver gilt 1809 - 1819
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Guillaume-Philippe Benoist Mr. John Lilborne 18th century
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Guillaume-Philippe Benoist Lord Kimbolton 18th century
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Guillaume-Philippe Benoist Admiral Vernon 18th century
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Tapisseries engraving 1670
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Tapisseries engraving 1670
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Jan Brueghel the Elder Harbor Scene oil on panel circa 1603
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Jan van den Hecke the Elder [Bulls] 17th century
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Jan van den Hecke the Elder [Sheep] 17th century
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Jan van den Hecke the Elder [Dogs] 17th century
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Jan van den Hecke the Elder [Mules] 17th century
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Jan van den Hecke the Elder [Horse and cart] 1656
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Jan van den Hecke the Elder [Goats] 17th century
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Jan van den Hecke the Elder [Two dogs] 17th century
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Jan van den Hecke the Elder [Bulls] 17th century
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Jan van den Hecke the Elder [Three cows] 17th century
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Jan van den Hecke the Elder [Dogs] 17th century
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Jan van den Hecke the Elder [Two dogs] 17th century
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Versaliae 1687
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Jan van den Hecke the Elder [Sheep] 17th century
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Traite De Geometrie 1690
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Cornelis van Dalen The Elder Portrait of Rene Descartes (1596-1650) Engraving 17th century
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Guillaume Chasteau Death of the Emperor Germanicus Engraving 1663
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Guillaume-Philippe Benoist Byng Lord Torrington 18th century
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Guillaume-Philippe Benoist Piercy, Earl of Northumberland 18th century
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Guillaume-Philippe Benoist John, Lord Finch 18th century
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Guillaume-Philippe Benoist Hamilton, Earl of Orkney 18th century
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Guillaume-Philippe Benoist Talbot, Lord Chancellor 18th century
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Guillaume-Philippe Benoist Francis, Earl of Bedford 18th century
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Guillaume-Philippe Benoist Cary, Lord Falkland 18th century
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Guillaume-Philippe Benoist The Earl of Lercester, 1588 18th century
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Guillaume-Philippe Benoist Mordaunt Earl of Peterborough 18th century
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Guillaume-Philippe Benoist Daniel, Earl opf Nottingham 18th century
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Guillaume-Philippe Benoist Captain Arthur Forrest 18th century
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Cornelis van Dalen The Elder Portrait of Giovanni Boccaccio Engraving 17th century
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Cornelis van Dalen The Elder Portrait of Giovanni Boccaccio Engraving 17th century
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Tapisseries: Fire engraving 1670
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) Tapisseries: Water engraving 1670
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Anonymous Jan Lutnia, the elder (Copy) heliogravure 1656
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder) La Forteresse De Montemelian 1691
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Jan van den Hecke the Elder [Dog drinking from a fountain] 17th century
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Jan van den Hecke the Elder [Horses and bulls] 17th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (21)
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Drawings and Prints
Culled from European and North American public and private collections, this exhibition presents the largest number of Bruegel's drawings ever assembled and re...

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen: Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Master Draughtsman and Humanist
Drawings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder were last seen in public at an exhibition in Berlin in 1975. Since then, scholarly research has considerably added to our knowledge of Bruegel's prints and drawings. One of the consequences of this research...

John Elder Gallery: Tetsuya Yamada, CHANT: Beyond the Ready-made
Never content to ride on past successes, Yamada has broken new ground with a fantastic body of cast and glazed porcelain works.  Each form is repeated and then placed in rows of varying length, and placed on simple wooden constructions.  When Duch...

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art: The Printed World of Bruegel the Elder
Bruegel's gift for observation combined with his abundant imagination are reflected in prints based on his celebrated Alpine landscapes, as well as his seascapes, depictions of peasants, allegories, satires, and relevant interpretations of the...

Indianapolis Museum of Art: Museum Receives Major Old Master Collection
The Clowes Collection, assembled in the 1930s, 40s and 50s by George H. A. Clowes, is one of the finest private collections of Old Master art ever formed in the Midwest, said IMA director Bret Waller. The Clowes Collection includes paintings ...

National Galery of Art: From Schongauer to Holbein: Master Drawings from Basel and Berlin
The exhibition is made possible by UBS AG. The Gallery has long been devoted to collecting and exhibiting early German and Swiss art, and this rich and varied showing o...

Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative: NEW BEGINNINGS, NEW IDEAS
An opening for the exhibition will be held Wednesday 5th July, 2000 at 6.00 p.m. Mr. Herb Simms/Elder, La Perouse Aboriginal Community, Sydney will open the show at Boomalli, 191 Parramatta Road, Annandale. N.S.W. 2038 Boomalli Abor...

Vangard Gallery: Collaborative Drawings: John Berger and Marisa Camino
He is one of the most internationally influential writers of the last fifty years, who has explored the relationships between the individual and society, culture and politics and experience and expression in a series of novels, book works, essays,...

Appleton Museum of Art: Splendors of 16th and 17th Century: Dutch, Spanish, Flemish, French, British Painting From the Collections of the Ringling Museum of Art
Splendors samples the Ringling's extensive Baroque collection, considered among the largest and finest in North America. Baroque art emerged as a product of the Catholic Counter Reformation in the 17th century. It is characterized, in part, b...

University of Essex Art Gallery: Trish Morrissey: Seven Years
In a series of elaborately constructed portraits, Morrissey worked closely with her elder sister to impersonate family members (both real and imagined) and re-enact memories familiar to all of us - childhood birthdays or holidays at the seaside. T...

Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College: The Power of Appearances: Renaissance and Reformation Portrait Prints
The exhibition of 62 prints is organized by the National Lending Service of the National Gallery of Art in Washington. It will comprise prints ranging in date from 1500 to 1601. Together, they suggest that the portrait is inextricable from its so...

Pump House Gallery: Trish Morrissey: New Works
In order to construct images that appear to be authentic family photographs from the 1970s and 1980s, Morrissey uses period clothing and props, both her own and others, and the setting of her family's house in Dublin. She and her sister assume ...

Modern Art Museum, Sao Paolo: Panorama da Arte Brasileira 2005 (Panorama of Brazilian Art 2005)
Chaimovich has built the exhibition around eight artistic genres: landscapes, portraits, still-life, genre, allegory, history, religion and emblem. The exhibition’s point of reference is Pliny the Elder’s book Natural History, written in the firs...

Institute of Modern Art: 3 EXHIBITIONS......1 LOCATION
Since 1991, Indigenous artists Brenda L. Croft and Destiny Deacon have exhibited their work alongside one another in various exhibitions, strengthening a friendship which stems from early days in indigenous affairs, government and community or...

Neue Gesellschaft fur Bildende Kunst, NGBK: Crown Jewels
After the recognition and the international success of the british-indian musicians, filmmakers and writers the innovative potential of visual artists, originating from the former colonies of the crown known as the Jewel of the Crown is ...

Bonnefanten Museum: The Rijksmuseum Comes to Maastricht: Works from the Southern Netherlands on Loan
Next year, the current loan scheme will be extended further due to the ongoing refurbishment of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, which as a result will only be able to exhibit the highlights of 17th century art from the Northern Netherlands. ...

Museum of Garden History: diversion: 23 Artists' Reflexions of the Museum of Garden History
Artists taking part in diversion include Suky Best Ellen Bigge Clare Bryan Annie Cattrell Lisa Cheung David Cotterrell Edith Dekyndt Peter Dukes Judith Frost Dan Howard-Birt Theo Kaccoufa Sophie Lascelles Laura Malacart Charlie Murphy S/bas...

Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University: The Changing Garden: Four Centuries of European and American Art
The Changing Garden presents nearly 200 works—prints, drawings, paintings, and photographs—by more than 100 artists. The exhibition includes great names from art history, such as Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Jean-Honoré Fr...

Haus der Kunst: Masterpieces from Fra Angelico to Bonnard The Collection Dr. Gustav Rau
After the exhibition in Paris and Cologne, this priceless collection is now to be seen in its noticeably enlarged form in Haus der Kunst. A selection of 100 paintings demonstrates in an exemplary manner the development of European painting from th...

Frick Art and Historical Center: The Poetry of Place: Works on Paper by Thomas Moran from the Gilcrease Museum
The exhibition comprises 81 works on paper spanning the years 1856 through 1900. Also included is the oil painting, Vera Cruz (1885). The exhibition is drawn in its entirety from the Gilcrease Museum, which, since purcha...

National Gallery of Art: Stunning Still Lifes by Anne Vallayer-Coster, Foremost 18th-Century Painter in Court of Marie-Antoinette
Organized by the Dallas Museum of Art, this exhibition has its debut at the National Gallery of Art, where it opens on June 30 and closes on September 22, 2002. More than 40 of Vallayer-Coster's paintings are presented from private collections and...

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