Description
Two cast iron sculptures of a female dog and a female wolf, watching each other.
Inscription(s)
Signed: Rouilliard / 18..
Annotation
The story goes that those two animals symbolise Alsace and Lorraine, but that can not be true since the sculptures were acquired before the war of 1870-71.
Grand Rond (Sculptures)
The Grand Rond (Grand Circle) or Boulingrin (Bowling Green) is a public garden southeast of the city center, built between 1752 and 1754. It has the form of a very large roundabout with four four aisles, the allées Jules Guesde, François Verdier, Paul-Sabatier and Frederic Mistral. This roundabout is so vast (4 hectares) that is transformed into an English garden in the nineteenth century.
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Sculptor
- Pierre Louis Rouillard (Paris 1820-Paris 1881),
French sculptor known for his sculptures of animals
(Wikipedia).
Sources & Information
Tags
Locatie (N 43°35'46" - E 1°27'9") (Satellite view: Google Maps)
Item Code: frmp054; Photograph: 2 September 2011
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