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D'Aguesseau et Montesquieu

D'Aguesseau and Montesquieu

Edmond Lévêque
1872

Description

Two statues on the façade of the Palais de Justice facing Rue Victor Hugo:

Henri François d'Aguesseau, seigneur de Fresnes (Limoges 1668 - Paris 1751), Chancellor of France three times between 1717 and 1750 (Wikipedia).
Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, known as Montesquieu (La Brède, Guyenne, 1689 - Paris 1755), French social commentator and political thinker (Wikipedia).

Inscription(s)

Signed: (d'Aguesseau) Levêque 1872
(Montesquieu) Levêque

Sculptor

Edmond Lévêque (1814-1874), French sculptor.

Sources & Information

Cour d'appel d'Amiens, Descriptif du Palais de Justice d'Amiens.

Locatie (N 49°53'33" - E 2°18'6") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frpi058; Photograph: 3 June 2012
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