Le Nil Sphinx - Paris, France
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Metro2
N 48° 51.867 E 002° 19.409
31U E 450383 N 5412608
This sphinx is part of a 1692 sculpture in the Tuileries Gardens in Paris.
Waymark Code: WMD8A4
Location: Île-de-France, France
Date Posted: 12/04/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
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This 1692 marble sculpture by Lorenzo Ottone (1648-1736) is entitled "Le Nil". There are many sculptures in France with representations of important rivers...and this work celebrates Egypt's Nile. It depicts a middle-aged bearded man laying down...apparently in a stream. A male-faced sphinx with a Pharoah's headdress seems to serve the man as a pillow...and a cornucopia is resting on it. Small cherubs are crawling over the figure...including one which seems to be wresting a crocodile.
Statue Name: Le Nil

Style: Egyptian

Medium: marble

Head Type: Man

Street Address:
The Tuileries Garden
Paris, Île-de-France France

Specify Other Head: Not listed

Head Namesake: Not listed

Website: Not listed
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