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Douarnenez
Finistère
Bretagne

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Le Bolomig - Enfant aux deux urnes

Child with Two Urns

Mathurin Moreau
Val d`Osne (Paris)
1860 (2011)

Douarnenez / Le Bolomig - Enfant aux deux urnes

Description

Statue of an Egyptian boy carrying two jars; from the Val d'Osne catalogue, pl. 582, no. 23.

The present statue is a copy made in 2011. The original was thrown from its socle and damaged. The original statue is in the Town Hall.

Douarnenez - Le Bolomig - Enfant aux deux urnes
Original statue - Photographed by us on 26 August 1992

Inscription(s)

Signed: stamp (unreadable) 1/8

Sculptor

Mathurin Moreau (Dijon 1822 - Paris 1912), French sculptor, worked for the Société anonyme des hauts-fourneaux et fonderies du Val d'Osne, anciennes masions J.P.V. André, Barbezat et Cie, Fourment Houille et Cie, J.J. Ducel et fils : Seringe frères et Noailles (short: Val d'Osne). (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

José Chapalain, Le Bolomig raconte son histoire.

Locatie (N 48°5'35" - W 4°19'43") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frbr074; Photograph: 29 May 2012 / updated: 28 May 2018
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