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François-Adrien Boieldieu

Rouen 1775 - Varennes-Jarcy, Essonne, 1834
French composer
(Wikipedia)

Jean-Pierre Dantan
E. Quesnel
1839

Description

Bronze statue of Boiëldieu sitting in a chair and holding a scroll of music in his left hand, half opened, upon his knee. It is titled "La Dame Blance". Under his feet and under the chair are more books, two of them titled "le chaperon rouge" and "calife de bagdad".

Inscription(s)

BOIELDIEU

Signed: Dantan Jeune. / 1836.
Fondu par E. Quesnel. / 1837

Sculptor

Jean-Pierre Dantan, dit le Jeune (Paris 1800 - Baden-Baden 1869), French portrait sculptor (Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 49°26'18" - E 1°5'38") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frhn022; Photograph: 28 August 2011
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