Samuel L.’s Epic Saga: Illuminating Paris

A marble sculpture by Paul Moreau-Vauthier, completed in 1914, honors Marguerite Boucicaut and Clara de Hirsch, influential philanthropists who supported education and social welfare. The statue portrays them offering alms to a young boy and his destitute mother.

A neoclassical fountain featuring a monumental square with triangular frontons and four allégorical reliefs by Jean-Joseph Espercieux, representing the four elements of peace.

A bronze allegorical sculpture, the Monument à Delacroix honors French Romantic artist Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863).

A bronze sculpture created by Charles-Arthur Bourgeois in 1868, L'Acteur grec represents an ancient Greek actor declaiming his text, holding a manuscript in his left hand and wearing a raised mask on his forehead and a sheepskin around his loins.

A sculpture by Henri-Théophile Bouillon, depicting Henry Murger, a French novelist and poet, located in the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris.

A white marble bust of Théodore de Banville sits atop a pedestal on a base, with steps resembling an altar, representing the poet as a torso-naked figure with a drapery on his shoulder.

A monumental fountain commissioned by Marie de' Medici, built around 1630, featuring statues of mythological figures and a grotto, with a rich history of modifications and restorations since the 17th century.

A Parisian sculptural wall fountain built between 1806-1808, designed by Achille Valois, depicting the legend of Leda and the Swan with a central bas-relief panel featuring the mythological scene.

Le Faune dansant is a sculpture depicting a nude faun dancing and playing the flute, balanced on a wineskin, surrounded by attributes of bacchic revelry. Created by Eugène-Louis Lequesne in 1850, it won several awards and is now installed in the Luxembourg Garden.

A 17th-century opera house, known as the Salle du Bel-Air or Salle du Jeu de Paume de Béquet, which served as the temporary home of the Paris Opera from November 1672 to February 1673.

A simple niche fountain featuring a bronze mascaron of a lion's head, with water flowing through it, accompanied by a plaque with an inscription in Latin.

A renowned Greek sculptor of the 5th century BC, Phidias is celebrated for his iconic works in bronze, chryselephantine, and marble, including the colossal Statue of Zeus and the Athena Parthenos.

A marble bust sculpture of Frédéric Chopin, created by Paul Dubois, depicting the Polish pianist and composer.