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Place Anatole France

François Rabelais

La Devinière, près de Chinon 1483/94 - Paris 1553
French Renaissance writer, doctor and Renaissance humanist
(Wikipedia)

Henry Étienne Dumaige
1880

Description

Stone statue, with at the foot:
"Mieulx est de ris que de larmes escripre
pour ce que rire est le propre de l'homme"

Inscription(s)

francois
RABELAIS

Signed: henri dumaige / 1880 (almost illegible).

Sculptor

Henry Étienne Dumaige (Paris 1830 - St-Gilles-Croix-de-Vié 1888), French sculptor

Sources & Information

Le blog de Véronique D, Statue de Descartes à Tours.

Locatie (N 47°23'47" - E 0°41'3") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frce017; Photograph: 30 August 2011
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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