BARRIAS LOUIS ERNEST
Paris, 1841 – Paris, 1905

LE SERMENT DE SPARTACUS

Marbre, 1869-1871

Placé au jardin des Tuileries en 1875
Dépôt du Centre national des arts plastiques,
FNAC 291

One of the statues in the Tuileries Gardens.
The marble statue, which is 2.1 meters high, was made by Louis-Ernest Barrias between 1869-1871 and was placed in the Tuileries Gardens in 1875.

The statue shows Spartacus, the leader of the slaves who rebelled in the Roman Republic. Spartacus is shown in the statue as a small boy, next to a slave executed by crucifixion. Spartacus the boy vows to avenge the slave’s death.

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

Translation of the text on the sign:
BARRIAS LOUIS ERNEST
Paris, 1841 – Paris, 1905

THE OATH OF SPARTACUS

Marble, 1869-1871

Placed in the Tuileries garden in 1875
Deposit of the National Center for Plastic Arts,
FNAC 291