More from the Louvre collection. Two by Denis Foyatier: L’amour and Jeune fille jouant avec au chevrau (young girl playing with a baby goat).
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Sometimes sculptors would make two versions of a statue, one a more modest reproduction for the more conservative section of the market. A good example is Antonin Mercié‘s David (1872). …The original stands in the Musèe d’Orsay; a copy stands in the Grand Rond
I’ve talked about Intersexed on this blog several times, primarily because one of the major characters in my novel Wild Child is Intersexed. In her case she has Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia… (CAH). The degree of virilization (or masculinization) can be measured using the Prader scale
These were intended as a pair for mass production. Psyche (also Nymph or Little girl hiding Cupid’s arrows) and Amour menaçent by Étienne Maurice Falconet. I’ve included a couple of examples of Psyche with different bases. The original cast is at Sèvres – City …
This one is Jeune nymphe descendent dans l’eau (young nymph entering the water) by Georges Jacquot. It is part of the Louvre collection.
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Quite often copies are made of statues. In this case the original Il n’est pas de rose by Alix Marquet (1875-1939) has been made into a bronze.
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I haven’t seen this, but it looks incroyable. Tomboy… tells the story of a girl who decides to masquerade as a boy. The young actress, Zoe Heran, who plays the tomboy Michael, does an extraordinary job and has received high praise.
Of course, given the
This film was a surprise. I’m going to Paris in just over a month and I want to polish up on my French. So I thought what better way than to watch a few French movies? I stumbled across ‘Q’ by Laurent Bouhnik… whilst browsing
So while we’re in the Musèe de Picardie… This one is called L’Ingènue ou la jeune fille au limaçon, 1843 (the ingenue, or the young girl, with snail) by Louis Desprez. The title indicates this is a young adolescent of around 13-14.
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There’s not much information about Jean-Charles Chabríe. He was French and lived from 1842 to 1897. This work, Reverie d’enfant sits in the Musée de Picardie.
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A work in progress – and something completely different. A crime novel about cultural and generational clashes. A series of murders in the Melbourne art world. 
Greenfields Site.
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