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Hercules tames a bison
Outside the Palais Caillot (also known as Trocadero) looking towrds the Eiffel Tower stands a very large bronze statue of a man holding a bison by one of his horns.
Hercule domptant un bison (Hercules tames a bison) was created by Albert Pommier (1937). Hercules raises his right arm to signal that he won the fight with the bison. He stands stall in his naked glory.
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Marble statue of young man sitting in reflective pose in Jardin du Luxembourg.
The statue immediately lets you think of Rodin's 'The Thinker'. It is however a statue created by Jean Valette. Valette's statue is called Il despit - le dépit and was created in 1868, long before Rodin's sculpture 'The Thinker', which was created 1880 - 1882.
Le dépit - The Disappointment shows a young musician, sitting down, his left hand supporting his head by leaning on hhis right leg, while his foot is resting on his lyre.
His right hand is closed and placed on his thigh.
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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.
