Henri Michel Antoine CHAPU (1833–1891). "Berryer 1790–1868". Bronze with a black patina, signed and engraved by the foundry FROMENT-MEURICE. A gift from Mr. Bérard des Glajeux, a justice of the Court of Cassation, in March 1912. Presented on a red velvet pedestal. Height: 62 cm - Width: 34 cm - Depth: 24 cm Related work: - A reproduction of the statue in the Salle des Pas Perdus at the Palais de Justice in Paris, created by the same artist. Note: Henri Michel Antoine CHAPU, one of the most sought-after sculptors of the Third Republic and the recipient of numerous awards, depicts here Pierre-Antoine Berryer, a royalist lawyer and politician, in the midst of a courtroom argument. Described as the “Prince of Eloquence” for his famous 1816 defense—which acquitted General Cambronne of the charges of treason brought against him—his monument still stands proudly in the Salle des Pas Perdus at the Palais de Justice in Paris.