 La statue de la Résistance

La statue de la Résistance par Falguière ("The statue of the Resistance by Falguière") was a 9-foot tall snow sculpture of a nude woman with a cannon made on 8 December 1870 by Alexandre Falguière during the Siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War.Falguière was a member of a National Guard company comprising many artists and intellectuals, among them Felix Philipoteaux.