Élias Robert

Louis Valentin Robert, called Élias Robert (6 June 1821, Étampes – 29 April 1874, Paris) was a French sculptor.

Family He had an older brother, also named Louis Valentin Robert, born 15 September 1819 (Étampes) died 2 October 1819 (Étampes).

Career Robert's major works include :

Phryne, collection of the Louvre museum in Paris (1855) France Crowning Art and Industry, outdoor sculpture in Paris (1855) Justice, a bronze crowning one of the columns of the Fontaine Saint-Michel in Paris (1861) Agriculture and Industry, displayed on the main facade of the Gare d'Austerlitz train terminal in Paris (1868) the caryatid of the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers in Paris Column of Pedro IV, Rossio Square in Lisbon, Portugal (1870)

A collection of his work was donated to the city museum of Étampes after his death.