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Jean Le Marois

Jean Léonor François, comte Le Marois
Bricquebec 1776 - Paris 1836
French divisional general and aide de camp of Napoleon
(Wikipedia)

Picchi jeune
1837

Description

Bronze statue

Inscription(s)

j.l.f.
LE MAROIS
lieu^t general
aide de camp
de
l'empereur
+
13 8^bre 1836.

Signature

Picchi jne. sculpsit 1837 | Dumoulin fusit
ometz celavit | carbonneaux direxit

Annotation

The statue was taken away to be melted in 1943, but survived.

Sculptor

Picchi jeune, French sculptor of Paris (no information).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste des œuvres d'art de la Manche.
E-monumen.net.
Ministere de culture, Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel, Recherche.

Locatie (N 49°28'12" - W 1°38'0") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frbn148; Photograph: 9 August 2015
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