A LARGE BRONZE EQUESTRIAN GROUP OF LE CHEVALIER BAYARD BY BARON CARLO MAROCHETTI (ITALIAN...

A LARGE BRONZE EQUESTRIAN GROUP OF LE CHEVALIER BAYARD

BY BARON CARLO MAROCHETTI (ITALIAN 1805-1867)

depicting the medieval knight Pierre Terrail, seated on a horseback, with his eyes cast down and with a solemn expression, praying, the naturalistic base with foundry mark 'Susse Freres'

95.5cm high, 74.5cm long

Catalogue Note

Pierre Terrail, siegneur de Bayard (c.1476-1524) was a French knight at the transition between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and he is generally known as the Chevalier de Bayard. He was famous for his bravery during the Italian wars and died on the battlefield at Sesia. Since his death he has been commonly referred to as 'le chevalier sans peur et sans reproches' or 'the knight without fear of reproach'.

For another example of this sculpture see the Albany Institute of History & Art, acc. no. 1955.137.

Baron Carlo Marochetti (1805-1867) was an Italian born French sculptor born in Turin. He was a student of Francois-Joseph Bosio and studied in both Paris and Rome. Some of his most famous works include the marble relief of the Battle of Jemappes on the Arc de Triomphe and his equestrian model of Richard the Lionheart, first exhibited at the entrance of the Crystal Palace in 1851 and now found at the Palace of Westminster. The equestrian monument of Emanuele Filiberto, was a gift to the city of Turin and in recognition of this, Marochetti was made a Baron of the Kingdom of Sardinia by Carlo Alberto, King of Sardinia (1798-1849).