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Narcissus
Second marble executed from the plaster model of 1863. (The first, from 1866. decorates the square courtyard of the Louvre)
Universal Exposition, Paris, 1867
Entered in 1868
Paul Dubois
Nogent-sur-Seine 1829 - Paris 1905
To the right you can see most of:
"A Secret from Above"
A Secret from On High depicts a life-size adolescent nude Mercury (Hermes) whispering a secret to a herm - a pillar topped by a bust of Dionysos/Bacchus or perhaps himself - knowing that it will never repeat what he tells it.
Carved marble after a plaster mold exhibited at the Salon of 1873
Commissioned by the State in 1873
Salon of 1875
Entered in 1877
Hippolyte Moulin
Paris 1832-Charenton 1884
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Narcissus
Second marble executed from the plaster model of 1863. (The first, from 1866. decorates the square courtyard of the Louvre)
Universal Exposition, Paris, 1867
Entered in 1868
Paul Dubois
Nogent-sur-Seine 1829 - Paris 1905
To the right you can see most of:
"A Secret from Above"
A Secret from On High depicts a life-size adolescent nude Mercury (Hermes) whispering a secret to a herm - a pillar topped by a bust of Dionysos/Bacchus or perhaps himself - knowing that it will never repeat what he tells it.
Carved marble after a plaster mold exhibited at the Salon of 1873
Commissioned by the State in 1873
Salon of 1875
Entered in 1877
Hippolyte Moulin
Paris 1832-Charenton 1884