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Le Nôtre et Molière

Le Nôtre and Molière

Tony Noël
1882

Description

Two marble statues.

Chantilly - Le Nôtre et Molière
André Le Nôtre
Paris 1613 - Paris 1700
French landscape architect and the principal gardener of King Louis XIV of France
(Wikipedia).

Molière
stage name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (Paris 1622 - id. 1673), French playwright and actor (Wikipedia)..

Information Sign

LE NOTRE
par tony noël (1882)

MOLIERE
par tony noël (1882)

Sculptor

Edme Anthony Paul Noël (Paris 1845 - Villebon-sur-Yvette 1909), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Joconde, Portail des collections des musées de France, Accueil.
Françoise Marengo, Château de Chantilly, les statues du parc. Bulletin Groupe d'étude des monuments et oeuvres d'art du Beauvaisis 140, 2009 (not available for me).

Locatie (N 49°11'41" - E 2°29'14") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frpi096; Photograph: 16 October 2017
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