ROUX Julien
Saint-Michel-et-Chanveaux, 1836 - Paris, 1880

LA COMÉDIE
Marbre, 1868-1874

Placé au jardin des Tuileries en 1875

Restauré grâce au mécénat de Mike et Joan Kahn, en l’honneur de la naissance de Camila Kahn Hernandez

Restored with the generous support of Mike and Joan Kahn,in honour of the birth of Camila Kahn Hernandez

One of the statues in the Tuileries Gardens.
The statue was initially created by Julien Roux for the Grand Théâtre d’Angers (Maine-et-Loire region - the area where he lived), according to an order made in 1868, and was completed in 1871 when the statue was placed at the inauguration of the theater (probably it was a plaster statue). The marble statue was made in 1874 and placed in the Tuileries Gardens in 1875.
The statue is 2.24 meters tall

The statue shows the figure of Thalia, the muse responsible for comedy, in her typical form when she holds a comic mask.

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

Translation of the text on the sign:
ROUX Julien
Saint-Michel-et-Chanveaux, 1836 - Paris, 1880

THE COMEDY
Marble, 1868-1874

Placed in the Tuileries garden in 1875

Restored with the generous support of Mike and Joan Kahn, in honor of the birth of Camila Kahn Hernandez