Mercury Crater Chopin & The Pianist Chopin - Paris, France
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Chopin is a crater on the planet Mercury and the high-relief sculpture entitled "Chopin On The Piano And His Muse" is located in the northwest corner of Parc Monceau (8th arrondissement) in Paris, France.
Waymark Code: WMHRC5
Location: Île-de-France, France
Date Posted: 08/08/2013
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According to Wikipedia:
"Chopin is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 129 kilometers.[1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976. Chopin is named for the Polish-French composer Frédéric Chopin, who lived from 1810 to 1849."
This beautifully striking relief sculptures depicts Frédéric François Chopin in the process of composing a piece of work, said to be the Funeral March, on the piano (French - Chopin au piano et sa muse). It was sculpted in marble by Jacques Charles François Marie Froment-Meurice in 1906.
The approximately 10' high by 5' square relief sculpture features the pianist Chopin, wearing a long frock coat composing on a piano partially covered with a drape. A woman is at his feet with the drape over her head. She is leaning back against the piano while holding her head with her right hand, apparently in grief and mourning. Above, his muse, represented by an angel figure, looks down on the scene. Inscribed on the right side of the sculpture is:
A
CHOPIN
1810 - 1849