Young Faun

About Young Faun

Le jeune faune is an outdoor sculpture in Paris’s Parc Monceau, depicting a young faun in a relaxed pose. The work is attributed to Félix Charpentier and dates to 1884. It is one of the park’s two non-commemorative statues, alongside Charles Lenoir’s Le Joueur de billes. The sculpture’s history includes repeated vandalism and restoration: because the original had become fragile after fragmentation, a copy was installed in the park in 2002. The copy uses resin and marble powder to reproduce the original’s appearance and dimensions, measuring about 1.40 metres high. The copy preserves the original’s condition when it was moulded in 1999, including the missing right hand and the object the figure held. The statue stands within Parc Monceau, making it an outdoor artwork encountered during a park visit rather than a museum display. Its location near the park’s paths and vegetation also explains why conservation work has focused on weathering, moss, surface cleaning, seams and the limestone plinth.

Sources

• cdn.paris.fr
• www.sauvegardeartfrancais.fr

Checked 2026-10-01

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