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Tritons grooming two horses of the sun in the grove of the Baths of Apollo, c.1667-72

Marsy, Gaspard (1624-81) & Marsy, Balthazar (1628-74); French. Medium: marble. Date: 17th Century. Chevaux du soleil panses par des Tritons, Bosquet des Bains d'Apollon; in 1778 the painter Hubert Robert (1733-1808) designed a new setting for the groups of sculpture intended for the Grotto of Thetis; Thetys; Provenance: Ch�teau de Versailles, France / Giraudon. Photographic Rights The Bridgeman Art Library.