Statue of the "Victorious France of Louis XIV" on the bridge Alexandre III in Paris. The statuette can be seen in the hand of the personified France.

Statue of the "Victorious France of Louis XIV" on the bridge Alexandre III in Paris. The statuette offered to Marie Curie is a reproduction of the one that the personified France hold on her hand in this masterpiece (photo X. Reverdy/Musée Curie).