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René Castel

Vire 1758 - Reims 1832
Statesman, botanist and poet
mayor of Vire 1790
(Wikipedia) 		Joseph de Bay
E. Quesnel
1835

Vire / René Castel   Vire / René Castel

Description

Statue of Castel sitting and studying a fungus which he holds in his left hand. His left arm rests on a tree trunk. At his foot, some fungi.

Vire - René Castel Vire - René Castel

Inscription(s)

On the edge of the base plate:

CASTEL
pour moi qui le premier sur le mont poetique
a la cour des neuf soeurs menai la botanique
les plantes chants

René-Louis-Richard CASTEL

vire 1758 · 1832 reims
BOTANISTE et POETE
maire de Vire en 1790

sculpture de de Bay · 1834 Don du comte de Chevigne · 1869

Signed: de Bay
quesnel fdeur / 1835

Annotation

The statue was commissioned in 1836 by the Comte de Chevigné, pupil and friend of Castel, for his house in Boursault (Marne). In 1868 he sold the statue to the town of Vire, where it was inaugurated on 12 September 1869.

Sculptor

Sources & Information

Tags

  • Bay, Joseph de
  • Botanist
  • Castel, René
  • Man (sitting)
  • Mayor
  • Mushroom
  • Politician/Statesman
  • Quesnel, E.
  • Statue (man sitting)
  • Writer / poet

    • Locatie (N 48°50'19" - W 0°53'34") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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