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Gréville-Hague
Manche Basse-Normandie Route des Falaises / D237 |
Jean-François MilletGruche, Gréville-Hague 1814 - Barbizon 1875French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France (Wikipedia) |
Marcel Jacques & Louis Derbré
1898/1998 |
The original statue of 1898 was melted during the German occupation, only the head was saved (see here). The present statue is a replica made after photos and a model, made by Derbré, and was inaugurated 25 September 1998, exact 100 years after the inauguration of the first statue.
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