Sketches showing how armature rods included in the construction of the model are used to mount the over-life-size equestrian figure of Louis XV to its pedestal. Left: overall view showing the armature rods extending beyond the hooves; right: cross section showing the internal armature in the legs (red overlay) and some of the external structural supports removed after casting (yellow overlay). Mariette, Pierre-Jean. 1768. Description des travaux qui ont précédé, accompagné et suivi la fonte en bronze d’un seul jet de la statue équestre de Louis XV, le Bien-Aimé, dressée sur les mémoires de M. Lempereur. Paris: Imprimerie de P. G. Le Mercier. https://archive.org/details/gri_33125010908289/mode/2up., ch. 4, plate IX, p. 56 (left), ch. 14, plate III, p. 160 (right), showing Edme Bouchardon (French, 1698–1762), Louis XV, Paris, cast in 1758 by Pierre Gor (French, 1720–1773), H. 520 cm. After Desmas, Anne-Lise. 2014. “Boffrand’s and Mariette’s Descriptions of the Casting of Louis XIV and Louis XV on Horseback.” In French Bronze Sculpture: Materials and Techniques 16th–18th Century, edited by David Bourgarit, Jane Bassett, Francesca G. Bewer, Geneviève Bresc-Bautier, Philippe Malgouyres, and Guilhem Scherf, 234–340. Paris: Archetype..