- Category: Statues Hauts-de-Seine
Statues and sculptures in Hauts-de-Seine.
The department Hauts-de-Seine is a banana-shaped area to the north, west and south of the Paris. It is part of the 'petite couronne' - the little crown.
- Category: F
The marble statue of a woman is holding a small reef in her left hand. With her right hand she slighltly lifts the seam of her thin, off the shoulder dress.
This statue by Antoine André was standing in Jardin des Tuileries until 16 June 2010 when it was moved to parc de Sceaux. Flore Farnèse was created in 1676.
- Category: H
Issy-les-Moulineaux - Bronze statue of a man holding a large column and a small boy looking on.
A naked Hercules is balancing a large column with little branches coming out at the higher parts of the column. The tall column is square at the bottom and becomes round towards the top.
At the lower part of it you can see people and writing.The little boy at his feet holds up a tortoise.
Yvan Theimer creates bronze sculptures with a lot of symbolism and a lot of detail.
Hercules and the plant column was created by Yvan Theimer and his assistant Franco Bertoni in 1992.
- Category: R
Bronze statue of a man crouching at the box hedge garden of the Castle of Versailles.
The bronze statue depicts a barely clad man who sharpens a small cutting tool on a stone. He is bare foot and 'wears' only a large piece of cloth over his left shoulder. His arms and legs are very toned. He is frozen in the moment, touching the object and looking up to another person.
The knife sharpener was designed by François Girardon and cast in bronze by Jean-Balthazar Keller in 1686 - 1688.