Rescued from the municipal trash heap , L' Europe is one of 6 cast iron monuments called 'The Continients' created for the Universal Exhibition of 1878 by the Fonderie Jean Simon Voruz of Nantes and the sculptor Alexandre Schoenewerck. The monuments are in Musée d'Orsay Square.
There are two clocks built into the building that was originally built as a train station but is now one of the more popular museums in Paris. . The clock facing the Louvre is iconic as it stretches 24 feet in diameter, and has a view of the Louvre through its glass face
The rosettes on the walls and ceiling of the former former railway station were restored and now hide some of the air conditioning ducts and mechanics of the Musée d'Orsay.
Besides French painting, photography, and decorative arts the Musée d'Orsay also has an amazing collection of sculpture.
Mme. Vicuna (or The Charmer)
Auguste Rodin
This bust named "Princess Mathilde" represents Mathilde Bonaparte, a daughter of Napoleon's brother. It is sculpted in marble by French sculptor Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1862).
The Little Fourteen Year Old Dancer 1888 Edgar Degas
There are 28 replicas of Degas' "Little Dancer of Fourteen Years" which were cast after the artist's death as per his last wishes. The original sculpture was made of bronze and dressed in real fabric, but the replicas were cast in various materials, including bronze and plaster - Wikipedia
The Alligator Hunters, by Louis-Ernest Barrias
And by the same sculptor-
Nature Unveiling Herself to Science statue by Ernest Barrias, 1899, The figure is made of marble, with the gown made of Algerian onyx, and the scarab of malachite
All photos are from my family albums and were taken a few weeks ago.
Gif created by @irisworld
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