Statue 'Les Continents' : 'L'Amerique du Sud'

South America

This sculpture was created by Aimé Millet for the World Expo in 1878, representing the continent of South America. It is one of six statues, standing out the front of the Musee d’Orsay, to be admired ...

South America - Continent Sculpture outside Musee d'Orsay

Near the entrance to Musée d'Orsay you will find six cast iron statues representing six continents, these were commissioned for the World Expo in Paris in 1878. Originally installed at Palais du Troca...

Save from municipal discharge

Original Text

Allineed along the street of Lille, on the plane of the Museum of Orsay in the 7th arrondissement, these six sculptures represent the allegories of the continents.

Very beautiful allegory statue, work of the Parisian sculptor Aime Millet

Original Text

It is one of the six statues decorating the parvis of the Museum of Orsay since its opening in 1985 and representing, by an allegoric figure (female character in a seated position), the six continents, in...

For South America, c'est les bijoux et les fruits

Original Text

It's an allegory and reading the different information that this statue gives us as a woman; south; seat; coat; dress; jewelry; breast; naked; ecu; fruit I think the sculptor has ...