Buffon statue, Cour Napoleon, Louvre, Paris, France

Statue of Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon, 1707-1788, naturalist, Eugene-Andre Oudine, at the Turgot Wing, in the Cour Napoleon at the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France. A series of 86 statues of famous men were placed in this courtyard 1853-57 under the architects Louis Visconti and Hector Lefuel. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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day exterior horizontal outdoors outside Paris Parisian France French Europe European Western Europe Western European city town capital capital city tourism travel history heritage Ile de France Ile-de-France statue sculpture stone art fine arts 19th century famous men hommes illustres Cour Napoleon Louvre Musee du Louvre museum tourist attraction courtyard Louis Visconti Hector Lefuel Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon Buffon 18th century naturalist Eugene-Andre Oudine Turgot Wing pediment window

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Louvre Museum, Paris, France, Paris, France