Veturia, Marble statue in Tuileries Garden, France
Veturia is a marble statue in the Tuileries Garden of Paris, located near the Octagonal Grand Basin. The work stands about 2.5 meters tall and is carved from white stone.
The work was completed in 1695 by Pierre Le Gros the Younger and arrived in Paris in 1715. It was placed in its current permanent location within the garden in 1722.
The figure is Veturia, mother of the exiled Roman general Coriolanus, who according to Livy persuaded him to spare Rome when he marched on it at the head of a Volscian army. Le Gros carved her in 1695; the marble was brought to Paris in 1715 and set in the Tuileries in 1722. The statue is also called Le Silence, after the gesture of her veiled hand.
The statue can be viewed daily when the Tuileries Garden is open to visitors. The grounds offer accessible pathways and are easy to reach on foot.
The marble was commissioned for the Château de Versailles before the statue was moved to Paris. Its second title, Le Silence, comes from a gesture: the figure raises a finger to her lips, a detail easy to miss when seen from the garden path.
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