Division 97 - Zerbini

Division 95 - Marthe Swiecinska (1883-1915)

Division 94 - Valentin brothers

Richard Valentin (1892-1916), fell at the Somme and Jean Valentin (1896-1916) at Verdun.

Division 94 - Larcade

One of my most favorite pieces of cemetery architecture is the door slightly ajar, opening for a new life or closing on the old one?

Division 88 - Harriet Toby (1929-1952)

Born Harriet Joan Katzman, Toby was an American ballerina. She died in a plane crash alongside actresses Michèle Verly and Alice Topart.

Division 42 - Henry, Baron de Triqueti (1803-1874)

French sculptor, primarily of religious themes. This haut-relief bronze sculpture by Henry Triqueti was to honor his only son Edouard, who was killed in a horse riding accident in 1861. It represents Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead.

Division 41 - Louis-Marie Moris (1818-1884)

French Sculptor. Sculpture by Louis Moris; in the background of the first image is a bas-relief of Agathe Moris (died 1825).

Division 41 - Clara Elisabeth Peabody Bancroft (1825-1882)

Born in New Hampshire, USA, Clara Peabody married Edward Bancroft (1830-1882) of Boston, Mass., in 1845. Sculpture by Henri Chapu (1833-1891).

Division 32 - Louis Hersent (1777-1860) Louise Hersent Mauduit (1785-1862)

Two of French painter Louis Hersent's more notable works are reproduced as bas reliefs (below).

Ruth et Booz

La Maladie de Las Casas

Louis and Louise:

Division 24 - Dominique Catherine, Comte et Marquis de Perignon (1756-1818)

Marshal of France and politician and supporter of Napoleon, Dominique Perignon eventually supported the restoration of the Bourbons and Louis XVIII. He also voted for the execution of Marshal Michel Ney (division 29). Bas-relief of military accouterments by Jean-Baptiste-Louis Plantar (1790-1879).

Division 16 - Charles-Angélique Comte de La Bedoyere (1786-1815)

A supporter of Napoleon's return from exile, Charles La Bedoyere was eventually tried for treason and executed by a firing squad in 1815 (as was another supporter, Marshal Ney, buried in division 29).

Division 12 - Jean-Antoine Louis Théodore Gericault (1791-1824)

One of the pioneers of the romantic school of painting in France, Theodore Gericault is perhaps most well-known for his profoundly moving "Raft of the Medusa" (see relief below). Based on one of the most disastrous shipwrecks in the 19th century, the creation of the canvas is a tale all its own and one well-told by Jonathan Smiles in his masterful The Wreck of the Medusa (2007, Atlantic Monthly Press).

Sculpture of Gericault reclining with brush in one hand and his palette in another, was created by Antoine Etex (1808-1888), who is buried in division 8 Montparnasse. 



The statue is surrounded by three bronze bas-reliefs, representing his most well-known work:

"Raft of the Medusa":



"The Charging Chasseur"

Division 8 - Etienne-Gaspard Robert (1764-1837)

Better known by his stage name Etienne Robertson, was a Belgian stage magician and early exploiter of the "phantasmagoria." A professor of physics in his native Liege, in 1784, he gave an exhibition of an improved magic lantern, the phantasmagoria. He was also a serious balloonist.

Bas-reliefs by Hardouin:

Division 8 - Christina Paraschos-Mack (died 1995)

What's the music Christina's hands will be forever playing?