Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Walking around Paris part two

17th century Ecclesiastical door


Classical gilt and white chair at Saint-Sulpice Church




Eiffel Tower at night


The triumphal arch at the Porte Saint-Denis

18th century church painting of people in Hell


Ball room at the Opéra Garnier


Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel


Late 18th century carved over door detail.


Renaissance architecture in the Marais


Notre Dame Cathedral at night


Bronze fountain head


Three cherubs


Cherubs carrying a festoon carved on a 1820's Classical marble urn at the Tuileries Gardens


18th century over door painting at The Archives nationales


Early 19th century Empire period brass snake hardware


Mid 18th century Louis XV Rococo wrought iron balcony supported by carved stone lions


Under the stairs at the Opéra Garnier


Notre Dame de Lorette


Saint michael the archangel


Courtyard at The Musée Carnavalet


Late 18th century Egyptian Revival home of Marie Antoinette's favorite bronzier Pierre Gouthière (1732 - 1813) as ciseleur-doreur


According to legend, in a time of famine a mother pelican would draw blood from her own chest and give the blood to her chicks. Thus the pelican symbol in Christianity at Saint-Sulpice Church




Renaissance architecture in the Marais


The L'Escargot Montorgueil


Courtyard at The Musée Carnavalet

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