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Herbert Haseltine (1877-1962) was an Italian-born French/American animal sculptor.
He was born in Rom, the son of the wealthy American landscape painter William Stanley Haseltine (1835-1900). He studied at Harvard University, at the Academy in Munich, Germany and then in Paris, France. Herbert Haseltine decided on to be a sculptor. He stayed in France until 1940, moved to the United States where he remained until 1947 at which time he returned to France.

Herbert Haseltine sculpted a variety of animals, but is best known for his equestrian sculptures, most notably the life-size statue of the thoroughbred race horse Man o' War at Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. Herbert Haseltine was well connected in American upper-class society and worked amongst others for Barbara Hutton.

During the time in Paris he led o colorful life. Haseltine entertained a lot of famous guests in his beautiful house: Arthur Rubinstein, Cary Grant, Teddy Roosevelt jr. and Charles Lindbergh.
Herbert Haseltine died in Paris 1962. His daughter Helen Heather Haseltine married an Austrian Count by the name of Paul Toggenburg, her descendents live in Italy and Austria. One of Herbert Haseltine's great-grandchildren is Roxane König.