I saw this statue a few weeks ago on a square in the Ecusson. I could not find out "who" it was supposed to represent. The two characters are very graceful (although the man has lost his nose). The group includes two babies and the hide of an animal.
C'est souvent la position que je dois adopter pour faire un baiser à quelqu'un! La statue est très belle et elle suggère bien que ces deux là sont partis pour avoir une famille nombreuse!!
RépondreSupprimerAh, Marie, who needs a nose when you have life's most precious -- babies and a partner
RépondreSupprimerA nice statue and a beautiful sunny day. I am thinking that this square must be near the Place de la Comedie ?
RépondreSupprimerI think that statue is one of the most beautiful statues in Montpellier. It is in the area of "le rectorat (education offices as my dictionary says :-)) Not far from the cathedral.
RépondreSupprimerune belle statue, pleine d'amour et de tendresse.
RépondreSupprimerI agree Marie, that statues is absolutely beatiful in its Art, and in it's thought! Family and Love!
RépondreSupprimerahhh l'amour !
RépondreSupprimerWhatever it is Marie, I adore it!
RépondreSupprimerIt is so beautiful - soft sensual lines and the colours of the building and the statue just meld together so well!!!
RépondreSupprimera nice statue indeed
RépondreSupprimera fascinating sculpture
RépondreSupprimerWhat a beautiful statue. Lovely photo too. And Happy Birthday to Cedric for yesterday!
RépondreSupprimerI love statues....this one is different but nice.... and noses are highly overrated like Kate said!
RépondreSupprimerI'll keep my nose thank you!
RépondreSupprimerHide of an animal makes me think of Hercules but I am drawing a blank on what story that would be or what others have animal hides.
cool shots! :-D
Hercules Killed the Nemean Lion.
RépondreSupprimerhe first of Heracles' twelve labours, set by Eurystheus (his cousin) was to slay the Nemean Lion and bring back its skin.
RépondreSupprimerThe Nemean lion had been terrorizing the area around Nemea, and had a skin so thick that it was impenetrable to weapons. When Heracles first tackled it, his weapons - bow and arrow, a club made from an olive tree (which he pulled out of the ground himself) and a bronze sword - were all ineffective. At last Heracles threw away his weapons and wrestled the lion to the ground, eventually killing it by thrusting his arm down its throat and choking it to death. (In some variants, Heracles actually strangled the beast, or broke its jaw.)
Heracles spent hours trying unsuccessfully to skin the lion, and gradually growing angrier as it appeared he would be unable to complete his first task. Eventually Athena, in the guise of an old crone, helped Heracles to realize that the best tools to cut the hide were the creature's own claws. Thus, with a little divine intervention, Heracles completed his first task.
Thereafter, he wore the impenetrable hide as armour. BUT where the woman and children would fit in I'm not sure.