Tomb of Colbert, Eglise Saint-Eustache, Paris, France

Tomb of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, 1619-83, French minister under King Louis XIV and Navy Controller General, designed 1687 by Charles Lebrun, 1619-90, with statues of Colbert and Fidelity by Antoine Coysevox, 1640-1720, and statue of Abundance by Jean-Baptiste Tuby, 1635-1700, in the Chapelle Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, in the Eglise Saint-Eustache, built 1532-1637 in late Gothic style with Renaissance details, at Les Halles, in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. The tomb was commissioned by Colbert's widow in 1685. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Tomb of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, 1619-83, French minister under King Louis XIV and Navy Controller General, designed 1687 by Charles Lebrun, 1619-90, with statues of Colbert and Fidelity by Antoine Coysevox, 1640-1720, and statue of Abundance by Jean-Baptiste Tuby, 1635-1700, in the Chapelle Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, in the Eglise Saint-Eustache, built 1532-1637 in late Gothic style with Renaissance details, at Les Halles, in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. The tomb was commissioned by Colbert's widow in 1685. Picture by Manuel Cohen