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Vital-Dubray
Maurice Denonvilliers (Paris)
1890

Description

Cast-iron statue of an almost nude woman with a torch and a horn, standing on a cast iron pedestal on a stone socle in a fountain basin.

Inscription(s)

1892
republique francaise

Signed: (statue) vital Dubray 1888
maurice denonvilliers / 174 rue lafayette paris
(socle) P. Hugon / Architecte
A. Loubat Entrepeneur
M.M. Bert Maire / G. .... / Delort, adjoints

Sculptor

Le marquis Vital Gabriel Dubray, dit Vital-Dubray (Paris 1813 - Paris 1892), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 45°1'57" - E 3°5'18") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frau013; Photograph: 8 September 2011
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