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Jean de La Fontaine

Château-Thierry 1621 - Neuilly-sur-Seine 1695
French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century
(Wikipedia)

Charles-René Laitié
1824

Description

Marble statue of La Fontaine, with behind his feet a turtle and a hare, referring to one of Aesop's fables, retold by La Fontaine.

Château-Thierry - Jean de La Fontaine

Inscription(s)

on all four sides:

Jean
De La Fontaine
1621 - 1695

On the front side followed by:

sculpture de
Charles-René Laitié
1824

Château-Thierry - Jean de La Fontaine

Sculptor

Charles-René Laitié (Paris 1782 - Paris 1862), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Location (N 49°2'40" - E 3°24'11")

Item Code: frpi078; Photograph: 15 October 2017
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