height of sculptures: 72 cm, width: 25 cm

[Conc. no.:] 718 P 1817 C. A P. n°157.611

Location: div. 7, row 2 from the wall, gr. 6 (from the wall)

This ancient gravestone has four pilasters with composite capitals on the facade. In the middle is an inscription plaque. In the recess to the left is a marble relief (H 72, W 25): Charity represented by a standing woman, draped and veiled, with her left hand over her heart and her other hand drawing towards her a standing child who has her arms crossed over her chest and looks up at her benefactor. Above are the tablets of the Law. In the recess to the right a marble bas-relief (H 72, W 25): standing, draped industry, leaning on an anchor placed on a scale. In his left hand he holds a caduceus, his right hand is raised to shoulder height. Signed above: Władysław Oleszczyński.

Adéle Lan, wife of David Singer, b. c. 1797, d. 1 Sept. 1822, c. 30, daughter of Léon Lan and Jeannette Cerf Bodenheim , rue Hauteville, 28.

David Singer , born in 1778 in Uffheim, died 19 I 1846 in Paris, French industrialist and philanthropist. He settled in Paris in 1796 and became one of the great merchants of Paris, making a considerable fortune in the cotton industry.

• M. A. Henry, „Le Père Lachaise historique, monumental et biographique”, 1852, s. 23.
• „La sculpture dans les cimetières de Paris”, 1878, s. 192, 204.
• „Słownik artystów polskich”, t. 6, s. 254.
• „Nouvelles archives de l’art français” 13: 192.
• Théophile Astrié, „Guide dans les cimetières de Paris”, 1865, s. 24.