La fontaine Médicis - Fountains on Waymarking.com

Marie de Médicis avait envisagé pour la décoration du jardin du palais qu’elle venait de faire construire à Paris, dans le faubourg Saint-Germain-des-Prés, nombre de grottes, fontaines, bassins et terrasses avec jeux d’eau. Aujourd’hui, seule la fontaine Médicis est le témoignage des réalisations souhaitées par la reine.

La niche centrale est occupée par un groupe en marbre représentant Acis et Galathée couchés sous un rocher au sommet duquel apparaît la figure colossale en bronze de Polyphème s’apprêtant à lancer sur son rival la pierre qui doit lui donner la mort.
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Marie de Médicis had considered for the decoration of the garden of the palate which it had just made build in Paris, in the suburb Saint-Germain-des-Prés, a number of caves, fountains, basins and terraces with dancing waters. Today, only the Médicis fountain is the testimony of the achievements desired by the queen.

The central niche is occupied by a group out of marble representing Acis and Galathée laid down under a rock at the top of which bronze the colossal figure of Polyphème being appears on the point of launching on its rival the stone which must give him death.

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