Saint Balthild, Marble statue in Jardin du Luxembourg, France.

The Saint Balthild marble sculpture stands in the Jardin du Luxembourg. Carved by Victor Thérasse in 1848, it depicts the Merovingian queen in a standing pose, with drapery and attributes cut into the white stone. It is one of the works in the garden's series of statues of queens and notable women.

The marble statue was carved by Victor Thérasse in 1848. It belongs to the series of queens and notable women commissioned for the Jardin du Luxembourg under Louis-Philippe, when the garden was being furnished with stone portraits of French royal and historical figures. Balthild, a seventh-century Merovingian queen, is one of the earliest women represented in that group.

The statue honours Saint Balthild, the 7th-century Frankish queen who was canonised and is remembered as a patron of monastic reform. Her figure stands among the queens and notable women commissioned for the Luxembourg Gardens, so a walk through the grounds reads as a gallery of French royal and religious women.

The statue stands in the Jardin du Luxembourg, in the 6th arrondissement, among the garden's other sculptures. The garden is public and free to enter, with wide gravel paths and many chairs and benches for resting. The nearest métro stations are Notre-Dame-des-Champs and Vavin.

The statue is one of the Queens of France series commissioned under King Louis-Philippe, who in 1843 ordered effigies of female sovereigns for the Luxembourg Gardens. Saint Balthild, a 7th-century Merovingian queen, stands among them; the marble was carved by Victor Thérasse in 1848.