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Edme Bouchardon (French, 1698-1762). “Study for the Equestrian Statue of Louis XV,” (1750s). Source: Web Gallery of Art

When the new Place Louis XV was planned in Paris, Bouchardon was given the responsibility for the equestrian statue that the aldermen of Paris had comm…