Alexander Fighting, Marble statue in Tuileries Garden, Paris, France
Alexander Fighting is a marble statue in the Grand Carré of the Tuileries Garden, showing a nude warrior lunging forward with his right arm raised and a shield on his left. The figure stands on a rectangular base among the garden's outdoor sculptures. Both hands and the right foot are missing.
Alexander Fighting was commissioned for the Tuileries under Louis-Philippe I and carved in marble by Charles-François Lebœuf in 1836. Lebœuf trained at the École des Beaux-Arts and won the Prix de Rome in 1827, and the Tuileries galleries were then being filled with antique and modern sculpture. The statue lost both hands and its right foot, damage noted in later inventories of the garden's marbles.
The marble figure is titled Alexander Fighting, after the Macedonian king shown in combat. It stands among the Grand Carré statues of the Tuileries, a group of antique and modern subjects assembled in the 19th century. The plinth carries the sculptor's name, Charles-François Lebœuf, and the date 1836, details visitors can read on the base.
The statue stands in the open air of the Tuileries Garden, so visiting depends on the weather. After rain, the marble surface and the surrounding gravel paths can be slippery; watch your footing near the base.
The marble shows visible losses: both hands and the right foot are gone, damage noted on the statue displayed in the Tuileries. Look at the arms and the base to see where the fragments are missing, a detail most passers-by walk past without noticing.
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