I, After Simachev

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In a hall of the European Parliament stands a golden sculpture seated on the shoulders of a bronze figure, the plinth reading “The Orange Plague”, with two men walking past.

Jens Galschiøt's sculpture “The Orange Plague” is on display at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

It is rather odd that this sculpture, entitled "The Orange Plague", by the Danish artist Jens Galschiøt should be displayed in the building of the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Black-and-white lithograph of a church with a tall dome and spire, with people, a horseman and a cart on the road before it and trees on both sides.

The Church of the Invalides in Paris in a Lithograph of 1840

Les Invalides. Lithograph of 1840

Yves Saint Laurent as a Child

Yves Saint Laurent as a child

Napoleon's Sarcophagus of Shoksha Quartzite and the Unrest near Les Invalides in Paris

Disturbances in Paris, literally at Les Invalides, the tomb of Napoleon. I think it would have taken him less than an hour to remove the cause of the noise, were it not for the 35-tonne sarcophagus of crimson Shoksha quartzite, brought from Russia by order of Nicholas I

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Jens Galschiøt's sculpture “The Orange Plague” is on display at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

The Church of the Invalides in Paris in a Lithograph of 1840

Yves Saint Laurent as a Child

Napoleon's Sarcophagus of Shoksha Quartzite and the Unrest near Les Invalides in Paris