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The stone Statue of Ceres - or Summer - by Guillaume Cousteau the Elder is in Jardin des Tuileries.

Ceres was the Roman goddess of growing plants, especially cereal, and motherly love. Here she stands with an armful of corn and a raised left arm. Conventionally she would be depicted with a sceptre, but in this case the lower parts of the arm are no longer there.