List of works by Henri Chapu

In 1849 his successes led him to the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, where he became a pupil of James Pradier, François Duret and Léon Cogniet.

In 1867 Chapu was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, in recognition of his works for the Éxposition Universelle of that year, and in 1880 he was elected to the Academie des Beaux-Arts.

The marble statue was executed by a sculptor called Saulot who replicated Chapu's original work.

Chapu died before completing the entire cappa-magna, Edmond Bonet produced a suitable pedestal and finally on 23 March 1893 the dedication took place.

In the link given here we can see an early photograph of the monument with the Carlus bronze intact [50] Fidière's biography " Chapu, sa vie et son oeuvre" published in Paris in 1894: