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La Mediterranée was created by Aristide Maillol in 1905. It is one of several of his bronze statues that can be found in le jardin des Tuileries.
She is sitting down, leaning on her right arm.
One leg is angled to support her resting elbow, the other is tucked underneath it. She rests her head against the side of her palm and looks down in front of her.
Her hair has been parted in the middle, twisted around the hairline and put up.
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Bronze statue of young boy holding up a mask at Jardin du Luxembourg.
The Mask Seller was created by Zacharie Astruc (1835 - 1907). The merchant boy holds up the mask of Victor Hugo with his left hand to an imaginary audience.
He also offers the masks of Gamberra, Corot, Alexandre Dumas (son), Berlioz, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Felix Faure, Eugène Delacroix, Balzac and Barbey d'Aurevilly.
This statue is from 1883.
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The coloured bronze statue of a Spanish girl stands in Parc de Bercy.
Marie Carmen wears a ruffled red, yellow and blue Flamenco dress, and a short lattice veil over her dark hair.
Marie Carmen the Spanish girl is one of 21 statues created by Rachid Khimoune under the concept of Les Enfants du Monde (Children of the World).
The statues have been installed in Parc de Bercy in 2001. The statues are made from re-used industrial metal items with different textures welded together.
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Marble statue of Margaret, Queen of England with a child clinging to her side in Jardin du Luxembourg.
Ferdinand Taluet is the sculptor of the marble statue of Marguerite d'Anjou (1429 - 1482), Queen of England and her son Edouard. The statue was finished in 1877.
Margaret was married to Henry VI, who was thought to be incapable of fathering a child. This gave rise to rumours that her son Edward was the result of an affair.
Si vous ne respectez une reine proscripte respectez une mère malheureuse. (If you don't respect a queen, have respect for an unfortunate mother)
She was one of the principal players in the Wars of the Roses.
Margaret wears a long dress with a cape.
Her hair is covered by a hat with rolls of fabric and topped by a crown.
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The marble statue of Marguerite d'Angoulême (1492 - 1549), queen of Navarre is one of several in the series of queens in Jardin du Luxembourg. It was created by Joseph Stanislas Lescorne (1845).
She stands with one arm across her midrift and her left index finger lightly supporting her chin.
Marguerite d'Angoulême was the daughter of Charles of Angoulême and Louise of Savoy.
She was a well educated person, taking an interest in the scriptures and languages.
When she was 17, she married Charles IV, Duke of Alençon. Unlike her, he had close to no education. They remained married until his death in 1526.
The following year she married Henry II (Henry d’Albret), King of Navarre.