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Sign: Paris - Tuileries Gardens - "Venus Callipyge" outdoor sculpture by François Barois


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Louvre - Tuileries, Paris, France
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On the sign:
BAROIS FRANÇOIS
Paris, 1655 - Paris, 1726

VÉNUS CALLIPYGE, D’APRÈS L’ANTIQUE

MOULAGE

MARBRE, 1683-1686, PLACÉ AUX TUILERIES

EN1747; EXPOSE AU MUSÉE DU LOUVRE
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One of the statues in the Tuileries Gardens.

The statue, made by François Barrois, is based on an original statue from the first or second century AD. The meaning of the name is "Venus with the beautiful butt"

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


Translation of the text on the sign:
BAROIS FRANÇOIS
Paris, 1656 - Paris, 1726

VENUS CALLIPYGE, AFTER THE ANTIQUE

CAST

MARBLE, 1683-1686, PLACED IN THE TUILERIES

IN 1747; EXHIBITED AT THE LOUVRE MUSEUM



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