Young Traveller at the Tomb of the Thermopylae
Bronze statue
1843
Signed and dated on the left, on the base: “P Cabet / 1843
Signed on the back at the bottom, on the base: “Frie Eck et Durand”.
Inscription at the bottom in capital letters: “Passant vas dire / a Lacedemone que nous reposons / ici pour avoir obéi à ses / saintes lois” (Passer-by, go and tell / Lacedemona that we rest / here for having obeyed her / holy laws)
Cast by Eck and Durand
ArtistJean-Baptiste Paul Cabet (Nuits saint Georges, 1st February 1811 - Paris, 23rd October 1876)DimensionsH. 68 ; L. 20,5 ; Pr. 20,5 cmExhibitionParis, Salon of 1844, n° 2174.Contact us for more informations on this itemContact usShare
