# The Horses of the Sun

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MARSY, Gaspard](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/marsy-gaspard-r0e24aa674471fe>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Marble

## Commentary

This is one of the three sculptured groups which were originally in the Thetis grotto in the garden of the Versailles Palace. The grotto was demolished to make way for the north wing, and the sculptures are now in the grotto of Apollo.

## Related artworks

- [Bacchus or Autumn Fountain](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/marsy-gaspard-r0e24aa674471fe/bacchus-or-autumn-fountain-r3f81e7f9a6827f>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)