JEAN-BAPTISTE CARPEAUX SCULPTURE IN THE MUSÉE-D'ORSAY

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The Dance, 1869

 
 

Flora, 1866

 

Four Parts of the Earth, 1867

This unfinished work would have been a fountain in the gardens of the Luxembourg Palace with leaping horses, tortoises and the dolphins at the lower level. He finished the upper part with four figures of Asia, Europe, America and Africa supporting the globe.
 
 


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