Parent Category: Statues Paris

 

The blue bronze statue of a stone age man carving a small figure of a mammoth is in Jardin des Plantes situated in the 5th arrondissement.

The artist's hair is held in a bun on the top of his head, decorated with a bone.

He wears a shaped full beard and a loin cloth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul Richer, who is mainly known for his medical drawings, created this bronze statue of 'The First Artist' (Le premier artiste) in 1890. It is placed outside the museum of natural history.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parent Category: Statues Paris

 

Dark statue of man sitting, leaning forward with his right elbow on his left thigh and the back of his hand supporting his head at Metro station Varenne.He is staring at the ground close to him.

He is wearing no clothes.

This statue in the Metro station Varenne is a fibre glass copy of Auguste Rodin's 1902 work 'Le Penseur' (The Thinker). The original bronze can be found in the Musée Rodin, which is served by this Metro station.

The Thinker has a well-trained body with some of his veins protruding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parent Category: Statues Paris

The stone figure of Paris is on the centre plinth at Gare du Nord.

The figure of Paris by Pierre-Jules Cavelier (1865) is flanked by eight large statues on the cornice line of Gare du Nord, representing international destinations reached from Paris by this railway (at that time).

 

They are from left to right:
Frankfurt
Amsterdam
Warsaw
Brussels
Paris
Berlin
Cologne
London
Vienna

 

Paris stands in front of the French flag, leaning on a shield with the arms of the city with her right hand and an eagle at her feet.