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[[File:August the Strong of Saxony by Guillaume Coustou the Elder, c.1725, Museum of Old Masters, Dresden.jpg|thumb|August the Strong of Saxony by Guillaume Coustou the Elder, c.1725, Museum of Old Masters, Dresden]]
'''Guillaume Coustou the Elder''' ({{IPA-fr|ɡijom kustu}}; 29 November 1677, [[Lyon]] – 22 February 1746, [[Paris]]) was a French [[sculpture|sculptor]] of the [[Baroque]] and [[Louis XIV style]]. He was a royal sculptor for [[Louis XIV]] and [[Louis XV]] and became Director of the [[Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture|Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture]] in 1735. He is best known for his monumental statues of horses made for the [[Château de Marly]], whose replicas now stand in the [[Place de la Concorde]] in Paris.{{Sfn|Geese|2007|page=311}}
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