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The Marquis Gallyot de Tourny commissioned this sculpture to serve as his funeral monument. It depicts a young woman gesturing with one hand toward an urn bearing the inscription <em>Voilà ce coeur qui nous a tant aimé</em> (Here is the heart that loved us so). The marquis specified that the figure should be a<em> rosière</em>, a virtuous woman of humble circumstances, a choice likely informed by the writings of Enlightenment philosophers, especially Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who championed greater social equality and democratic reform.</div>
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François-Nicolas Delaistre</div>
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