▁replace ▁two ▁other ▁sculpt ed ▁groups , ▁Mercur y ▁on ▁Peg as us ▁and ▁Peg as us , ▁Ren own ▁of ▁H ors es , ▁both ▁by ▁Antoine ▁Co y se vo x , ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁removed ▁to ▁the ▁Tu iler ies ▁Gard ens ▁in ▁ 1 7 1 9 . ▁ ▁Louis ▁XV ▁chose ▁the ▁mod ell os ▁in ▁ 1 7 4 3 ▁and ▁the ▁full - size ▁sculpt ures ▁were ▁completed ▁in ▁only ▁two ▁years , ▁being ▁installed ▁at ▁Mar ly ▁in ▁ 1 7 4 5 . ▁They ▁proved ▁highly ▁successful ▁in ▁reprodu ction , ▁particularly ▁on ▁a ▁smaller ▁scale , ▁and ▁pre fig ured ▁Thé odore ▁G érica ult ▁and ▁other ▁Rom antic ▁artists ' ▁ob session ▁with ▁e quest rian ▁subjects . ▁They ▁were ▁later ▁also ▁used ▁as ▁the ▁central ▁mot if ▁in ▁the ▁R TF ▁test ▁card ▁ ▁The ▁original s ▁were ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁place ▁de ▁la ▁Con cor de ▁in ▁Paris ▁in ▁ 1 7 9 4 ▁and ▁Louis - D enis ▁Ca ill ou ette ▁( 1 7 9 0 – 1 8 6 8 ) ▁restored ▁them ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 0 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁it ▁was ▁concluded ▁that ▁the ▁annual ▁military ▁par ades ▁on ▁ 1 4 ▁July ▁were ▁dam aging ▁the ▁sculpt ures ▁and ▁they ▁were ▁replaced ▁by ▁mar ble ▁copies ▁produced ▁by ▁Michel ▁Bour bon ▁in ▁the ▁studio ▁of ▁a ▁subs idi ary ▁of ▁Bou yg ues . ▁The ▁latter ▁also ▁gained ▁the