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Paris, France - August 23, 2018: The golden statue of Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc) on a horse with flag in the downtown of Paris, France

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: Opera house - 1952 Soviet sculptural group above the pediment, by sculptress Olga Manilova. A young woman in national costume flanked by a student and a worker, representing the industry and the future of the Soviet republic - Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Abdylas Maldybaev - Soviet art - Y.Abdrakhmanov street

$Standing atop a 40-foot marble pylon is this gilded sculpture group representing the victorious Columbia Triumphant (the United States.) She is in a seashell-shaped chariot pulled by three hippocampi, mythical figures with the front half of a horse and the rear half of a fish. Columiba’s left hand holds aloft a sprig of laurel leaves, symbolizing victory. Her right hand holds a fasces, a roman symbol representing government power. A shield is strapped to her back. The height of the group is fourteen feet. \n\nAs with all the sculptural work on this monument, the artist was Attilio Piccerilli (1866-1945.) For his figure of Columbia, as well as two other figures for this monument, his model was Audrey Munson. \n\nMunson posed for more than a dozen important statues, sculptures, and friezes, most of which still stand to this day across Manhattan and Brooklyn. She is now often called “America’s First Supermodel.”$