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Vainqueur au combat de coqs

The Winner of the Cockfight

Alexandre Falguière
1864 (copy)

Description

Bronze statue of a nude boy with a rooster in his right hand.

Inscription(s)

Signed: A Falguiere

Annotation

The original, placed in 1868 on the Grand Rond, was destroyed in 1942. The present copy is cast in 1963.

Grand Rond (Sculptures)

The Grand Rond (Grand Circle) or Boulingrin (Bowling Green) is a public garden southeast of the city center, built between 1752 and 1754. It has the form of a very large roundabout with four four aisles, the allées Jules Guesde, François Verdier, Paul-Sabatier and Frederic Mistral. This roundabout is so vast (4 hectares) that is transformed into an English garden in the nineteenth century.

Click here for a interactive map with the locations of the sculptures.

Sculptor

Alexandre Falguière (Toulouse 1831 - Paris 1900), French sculptor (his bust) (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Le blog de Véronique D, Le Grand-Rond à Toulouse (7) : le combat de coq de Falguière.
Wikipedia, Grand Rond (jardin).

Locatie (N 43°35'45" - E 1°27'7") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frmp053; Photograph: 2 September 2011
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