Louis Thivin. An impressive and rare composition stone pleasure garden French, second half 19th century

comprising: two colonnades consisting of twenty-four columns and a quantity of cross-beams; two sphinxes, each moulded with a putto on her back; a group of Pan and another putto, the faun playing a flute, the putto on his back, all on a square panelled pedestal; a group of Venus kissed by Cupid, on each side flanked by an integral love seat, the armrests formed by planters

Commissioned by Mr. P.S. Gerbé for his gardens at the former Château St. Vallier, France.

This extensive group was executed by the French sculptor Louis Thivin (born in Chalon-sur-Saône in the 19th century) under commission of Mr. P.S. Gerbé, a well known manufacturer of silk stockings. The group was placed in the romantic landscape gardens of Château St. Vallier until the recent demolishing of the castle.
A large commemorative monument made by Thivin can be found at the town square in front of the city hall of Montceau-Les-Mines.