Le Nil
Le Nil is a marble sculpture in the Tuileries Gardens, placing Italian art within central Paris, France. The gardens display it within a larger collection. The record classifies the spot under architecture and art. The record also lists wheelchair accessibility here.
Italian artist Lorenzo Ottone created the marble work between 1688 and 1692. The artist lived from 1648 to 1736. Around 1720, the gardens received it as part of their collection of artworks. Paris became its recorded home around 1720.
Its companions include La Seine et la Marne by Nicolas Coustou and La Loire et le Loiret by Corneille van Cleve. They join it in the garden collection. The recorded material remains marble across this group of sculptures. The years 1688, 1692, and 1720 mark its history.
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