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Sign: Paris - Musée d’Orsay - "Rhinoceros" outdoor sculpture by Alfred Jacquemart


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Musée d’Orsay, 75007 Paris, France
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On the sign:
Alfred Jacquemart
Paris 1824 Paris 1896

Rhinocéros

Fonte de Voruz
Commandé en 1877 pour la terrasse du premier palais du Trocadéro Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1878

ATTRIBUÉ EN 1986
RF 3753
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The statue was made for the Paris World Exhibition in 1878. In 1935, the statue was moved to the gardens of the Porte de Saint-Cloud, and in 1986 to the courtyard of the Musée d’Orsay, where the statue was photographed.

The sculpture made by Alfred Jacquemart was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image Click for a larger image

On the base of the statue appears the name of the workshop that cast the statue:
USINES VORUZ AINE NANTES 1878
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And on the back of the statue under the rhino’s foot is the artist’s signature
A-JACQUEMART
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Translation of the text on the sign:
Alfred Jacquemart
Paris 1824 Paris 1896

Rhinoceros

Cast iron of Voruz
Commissioned in 1877 for the terrace of the first Trocadéro palace Universal Exhibition, Paris, 1878

AWARDED IN 1986
RF 3753

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