Statues - Hither & Thither

Description

Two marble statues.

Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet Dijon 1627 - Paris 1704 French bishop and theologian, Court preacher to Louis XIV of France (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Guillaume, 1887,

Jean de La Bruyère Paris 1645 - Paris 1696 French philosopher and moralist (Wikipedia). Sculpted by Thomas, 1882,

De La Bruyère is depicted leaning against a column with a bust of the Greek philosopher Theophrastus, with on the socle the Greek text ΘΕΟΦΡΑΣΤΟΣ ΜΕΛΑΝΤΑ ΕΡΕΣΙΟΣ (Theophrastos Melanta Eresios).

On the socle of De la Bruyère's statue is a quotation from his Les Caractères ou les Mœurs de ce siècle (1688):

DU MERITE PERSONNEL &Aelig;mile etait ce que les plus grands hommes ne deviennent qu'a force de regles, de méditation et d'exercices. LES CARACTERES

Information Sign

BOSSUET par guillaume (1887)

LA BRUYÈRE par thomas (1882)

Sculptors

• Jean-Baptiste Claude Eugène Guillaume (Montbard 1822 - Rome 1905), French sculptor (Wikipedia).
  
• Gabriel Jules Thomas (Paris 1824 - Paris 1905), 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).

Tags

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