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Claudius Gallet

Annecy 1874 - Annecy 1936
senator of Haute-Savoie 1920-1936; minister of pensions 1929-1930
(Wikipedia)

Jean-Marie Baumel
1939

Description

Stone bust on a pedestal with two arched wings with texts and reliefs. The original bust was bronze. In 1942 it was melted under the Vichy regime and in 1961 replaced by a stone bust:

au bon docteur
medecin des pauvres

relief 1

au medecin soldat les
anciens combattants

relief 2

au pres^t de l'office nat^l
des mutiles et combattants

bust

au representant de
la haute-savoie

relief 3

au ministre des pensions
au questeur du senat

relief 4

annecy et la haute savoie
reconnaissantes

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Inscription(s)

docteur C. Gallet
1874-1926
conseiller municipal
conseiller general
SENATEUR
MINISTRE

Signed (monument): Paul JACQUET arch^te / Jean BAUMEL sculp^r
(bust) baumel

Sculptor

Jean-Marie Baumel (Marseille 1911 - Neuilly, Eure 1978), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

e-Monumen.net, Monument à Claudius Gallet - Annecy.

Locatie (N 45°53'58" - E 6°7'48") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frra014; Photograph: 6 June 2013
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