Law, Public statue at Place du Palais-Bourbon, Paris, France
Law is a marble statue standing at Place du Palais-Bourbon near the French National Assembly building in Paris' 7th arrondissement. The figure depicts a female personification in classical style and ranks among the recognizable public sculptures in this area.
Jean-Jacques Feuchère created this marble work in 1852 during Napoleon III's reign. The statue was made at a time when France was reshaping its political institutions and using public monuments to communicate power and governance.
The statue is one of four allegorical figures on the Palais-Bourbon's riverside facade, where Law keeps company with Force, Prudence and Justice. Its classical female figure follows the convention of 19th-century civic allegory, in which abstract principles of the state were given human form on public buildings.
The statue sits on a public square that is easy to reach on foot and lies in the heart of an administrative district. Multiple bus routes serve the area, and a nearby metro station provides convenient connections for visitors coming from other parts of the city.
The statue is one of four allegorical figures on the Palais-Bourbon's river facade, each representing a source of the law: the Gospel, the Charter, the Code and the Constitution. Feuchère's Law stands for the Code, paired with the Gospel by Etex on the same elevation.
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