Dépôt des marbres

The Dépôt des marbres (marble depot) of the French Ministry of Public Works was founded on île des Cygnes (Swan Island) in Paris by French minister of finance Jean-Baptiste Colbert.

It was used to store marble due to be allocated to artists with state commissions, as well as statues formerly displayed but removed for political and other reasons.

On 6 June 1838 Henri Labrouste was made its architect, and Émile Marras also served at it as a conservateur.

Jacques Letheve, Daily Life of French Artists in the 19th Century, trans.

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"Isle Maquerelle ou des Cignes", linked to the rive gauche by the "pont rouge" - Roussel's map of Paris, 1731