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Square Jean XXIII (4e)

Carlo Goldoni

Venezia/Venice 1707 - Paris 1793
playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice
(Wikipedia)

Edouard Fortini
1907

Description

Stone bust.

Inscription(s)

CARLO GOLDONI
1707 - 1793

dono del
duca melzi d'eril
alla
citta di parigi
1906

aussitot
que j'ai vu
la france
je l'ai admirée
je l'ai aimée

preface du bourru
bienfaisant

Signed: Fortini

Annotation

Placed at the bicentennary of Goldoni's birth.

Sculptor

Edouard Fortini.

Sources & Information

Phidias-Sculptures de rue, Les statues de rue de Paris.

Locatie (N 48°51'9" - E 2°21'3") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frif003; Photograph: 24 May 2011
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