Charles Jean Marie Degeorge
(1837-1888)
The Youth of Aristotle (1875)
Marble; Musée d’Orsay, Paris

Degeorge’s statue depicts the young philosopher-to-be looking incredibly bored as he studies a scroll. He’s holding a ball in his right hand, indicating that he would rather be off playing somewhere.

(On second thoughts, the ‘ball’ might be a fruit....)

Obviously his school has a very relaxed dress code - in the left side view you can clearly see that he is naked except for the cloak that he’s casually draped across his lap, and that’s probably only there to rest the scroll on.

This statue is now on display at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. In the aforementioned left side view you can see lots of other statues in the background, including Falguière’s Winner of the Cockfight and Moulin’s Lucky Find at Pompeii..

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