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Sign: Paris - Tuileries Gardens - "Vertumnus" outdoor sculpture by François Barois


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All. Centrale, 75001 Paris, France
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On the sign:
BAROIS FRANÇOIS
Paris, 1656 - Paris, 1726
VERTUMNE
MOULAGE

MARBRE, 1696, PLACÉ AUX TUILERIES EN 1722
EXPOSÉ AU MUSÉE DU LOUVRE
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One of the statues in the Tuileries Gardens.
In a statue made by François Barois, Vertumnus appears, the god of the seasons in Roman mythology. In the statue, he holds in his right hand an old woman’s mask that he used to deceive Pomona, the goddess of abundance, and thus succeeded in marrying her. Pomona appears in a nearby statue made by the same sculptor Click for sign's details

The statue, which is 2.92 meters high, was made in 1696 and placed in the Tuileries Gardens in 1722.
In 1993, it was transferred to the Louvre Museum, and the copy was placed there

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

Translation of the text on the sign:
BAROIS FRANÇOIS
Paris, 1656 - Paris, 1726
VERTUMNUS
MOLDING

MARBLE, 1696, PLACED AT THE TUILERIES IN 1722
EXHIBITED AT THE LOUVRE MUSEUM



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