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The South Wing's salle du Manège was another opportunity for Lefuel to foster a rich structural program, which was executed in 1861 after the Nouveau Louvre's inauguration. Outside in the Cour Lefuel, four bronze groups of wild animals by Pierre Louis Rouillard stand at the start of the two horse ramps : Chienne et ses petits, Loup et petit chien, Chien combattant un loup, and Chien

Pierre-Louis Rouillard (1820-1881) Sculptor of animals who was born and died in Paris. In 1837, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts, where he was a pupil of Pierre-Jules Cortot. ... In Paris, his work can be found in the Louvre's Cour Lefuel (1857-58; four groups of fighting animals at the foot of the ramp to the former stables and a

Cheval à la herse. Pierre Louis Rouillard (Paris, 16 January 1820 - Paris, 2 June 1881) was a French sculptor known for his sculptures of animals. He was one of a "school of French animalières", which also included Pierre-Jules Mêne, Antoine-Louis Barye, Auguste Caïn and François Pompon.He worked mainly in cast iron rather than bronze.. Rouillard attended the École des Beaux-Arts in