This monumental and artistic tomb of Jacques-Joseph Grancher can be seen in the Section 3 (exactly on the corner between Avenue du Tunnel and Avenue Samson) of the Montmartre Cemetery in Paris.
On top of the cylindrical tomb shaped as a temple there is a Latin incription: SCIENTIA ET AMORE PUEROS SALVAVIT.
The two lateral bas-relieves, by French sculptor Auguste Maillard1, represents Grancher vaccinating a boy under the gaze of Louis Pasteur and his charitable institution Oeuvre de préservation de l’enfance. Inside the tomb there is a bust of Grancher which is almost invisible through the dirty windows.
Lastly, a long French inscription – placed in 2003 – gives a biographical sketch of Grancher and his wife Rosa Abreu’s lives.
- Photos by Luca Borghi @ (July 2014)
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