Relief on statue of Malesherbes, Palais de Justice

Bas-relief of Malesherbes defending Louis XVI, designed by Francois Joseph Bosio, 1768-1845, and sculpted by Jean-Pierre Cortot, 1787-1843, on the plinth of the statue of Guillaume-Chretien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, 1721-94, 1826, by Jacques Edmee Dumont, 1761-1844, in the Salle des Pas Perdus, or Hall of Lost Causes, an enormous vestibule leading to the courthouses, in the Palais de Justice or Paris Law Courts, on the Ile de la Cite, Paris, France. The former royal palace was originally a medieval building, reworked and rebuilt several times, with a major reconstruction 1857-68 by architects Joseph-Louis Duc and Honore Daumet under Haussmann. The complex includes the Palais de Justice, the Sainte-Chapelle and the Conciergerie. Picture by Manuel Cohen

Picture No

13438117

Media ID

45155620

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7087px x 4581px (11.3MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen