The Fontaine Saint-Michel is located in Place Saint-Michel. The statue above the fountain depicts Archangel Michael and the devil, sculptured by Francisque Joseph Duret. In the foreground there are two winged dragons that were sculpted by Henri Alfred Jacquemart.
Those are just two of the nine sculptors whose work is featured in the fountain.
excellent sculptures and your shot shows them off in great light. i founds those winged dragons quite unusual [as against those wingless ones in chinese depictions]
They are fine sculptures and very impressive close up. It a place that the students like to congregate. I hadn’t thought about it before, but you are right they are different to the Chinese dragons.
Two beautiful shots of this magnificent fountain Cherie… well done my Lady….peter:)
Thank You
NINE sculptors?! Do you suppose they all worked side-by-side to accomplish this magnificent piece of art…or did they work separately and then had all the pieces installed together??? I always wonder about such things.
I suspect they all worked in isolation but I don’t actually know!
This looks such a stunning fountain, with a great variation in the colours used by the artists – beautifully and sharply captured, Cherie
I like all the different colours they used from the different areas of France.
These are amazing!! Somehow sculptors and their work always leave me in awe!
Yes it fascinates me too how they can make such detailed figures from a lump of stone.
Splendid work and shots.
Thanks Claude
Can you imagine such things being constructed today by, say, Damian Hirst?
I can’t imagine Damian producing something quite like that but I think these guys might be able to:
http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2011/12/09/the-stone-masons-yard/
http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2010/07/22/york-minster-new-stonework/
And this man certainly has the ability:
http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2009/09/18/photohunt-upside-down/
I really must go and see the Armed Forces Memorial, I have never quite made it there.
http://www.armedforcesmemorialsculpture.org/