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The cast iron statue of an elephant in chains stands outside Musée d'Orsay.
Jeune Éléphant pris au piège (young elephant trapped) was created by Emmanuel Frémiet in 1878.
A young African elephant without tusks is tethered by a rope around his left front leg to a decorated metal weight, so that he cannot run away or rise on his hind legs.
A baboon is standing behind the weight, showing his teeth, ready to attack.
The dome shaped weight is decorated with patterns and the shape of a hare.
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'Joies de la famille' - Joys of family - by Horace Daillion (1885) is a marble statue in Jardin du Luxembourg.
A naked couple sits on a ledge. The woman put her right arm round the man's neck and leans against his shoulder. With her left hand she holds a baby around the midrift.
The man holds the right hand of the baby who bends forward to touch a little animal - a kid- sitting at their feet.
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Bronze statue of a bearded artist with a hat holding a model of a statue on a grave on Père Lachaise. At his right side is a bust of a woman.
The statue has been created by Jean-Joseph Carriès and was used for his own grave as a fitting headstone.
Jean-Joseph Carriès (1855-1894) was a French sculptor and ceramist.
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The metal statue of a Red Indian boy in full head gear stands in Parc de Bercy.
Jim the New Yorker 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.
Jim the New Yorker is made from shaped manhole covers from New York. He wears an ocre coloured long-sleeved top with a large round shield and long trousers. His head-dress is made of a band of multi-coloured painted lattice.
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Marble statue of Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre (1528 - 1572) in Jardin du Luxembourg.
The marble statue by Jean-Louis Brian (1848) is one of several of French queens in Jardin du Luxembourg. Jeanne Albret wears a waisted dress made up of several layered items. The first top has long sleeves which are gathered at the wrists. The second has long wide sleeves and a standing collar. The tops are tightened with a bustier.
Her bottom skirt is straight with a single patterned line from the waist to the bottom. The top skirt is gathered round the waist, opening in the front. In her left hand she holds an open scroll.
Jeanne Albret was the daughter of Marguerite d'Angoulême and Henri II, called Henri de Navarre. Her son was Henri IV. She was Queen of Navarre from 1555 - 1572.
