Sculptures
At the heart of the abbey's former cloister is now a municipal garden, right in the centre of the town, on the peninsula. It is decorated with several 19th century's statues:
- two sculptures by Rodin : The shadow, or Adam (1902) and The temptation of Saint Anthony (1900) ;
- a sculpture by Léon-Alexandre Delhomme representing Democrites meditating on the seat of the soul (1864) ;
- a sculpture by Emile Antoine Bourdelle representing Carpeaux at work (1909) ;
- a Venus (1918–1928) by Aristide Maillol ;
- an Odalisque (1841) by James Pradier,
- a group by Antoine Etex representing Caïn and his race cursed by God
The main part of the collection is displayed in two divided sections : at the ground floor for Medieval and Renaissance sculptures and in the old baroque refectory, which has been renovated, for 19th and early 20th centuries sculptures.
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Foreground : The shadow or Adam by Rodin; background Democrites meditating on the seat of the soul
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Carpeaux au travail, sculpted by Antoine Bourdelle, in homage to Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux.
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