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Sign: Paris - Tuileries Gardens - "Ceres or Summer" outdoor sculpture by Guillaume Coustou


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Louvre - Tuileries, Paris, France
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On the sign:
COUSTOU GUILLAUME
Lyon, 1677 - Paris, 1746

CÉRÈS OU L’ÉTÉ
MOULAGE

MARBRE, 1726, PLACÉ AUX TUILERIES EN 1735
EXPOSÉ AU MUSÉE DU LOUVRE
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One of the statues in the Tuileries Gardens.
In the sculpture made by Guillaume Coustou, the goddess of grain in Roman mythology Ceres (Demeter in Greek mythology) appears.
The statue was placed in the Tuileries Gardens in 1736, in 1993 it was moved to the Louvre Museum, and a copy was placed in this place

The statue was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
COUSTOU GUILLAUME
Lyon, 1677 - Paris, 1746

CERES OR SUMMER
MOLDING

MARBLE, 1726, PLACED AT THE TUILERIES IN 1735
EXHIBITED AT THE LOUVRE MUSEUM



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