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Sphinx brought form Ukraine by the general Pélissier in 1855
as booty of the Crimean War
— Louvre Museum —

“The Nile” (1688-1692), white marble sculpture by Lorenzo Ottone (1648-1736)
from an antique statue in the Vatican Museum.
— Tuileries garden —

Rebuilt by architects Théodore Ballu and Édouard Deperthes between 1873 and 1892,
Paris City Hall has been decorated by 232 sculptors who produced 338 sculptures,
including sphinxes on the roof.
— City Hall —

The four sphinxes at the foot of the Fontaine du Châtelet have been designed
by Gabriel Davioud (1824-1881) and sculpted
by Henri-Alfred Jacquemart (1824-1896) in 1858.
— Fontaine du Châtelet —

Cast-iron sphinx cast by Jean-Jacques Ducel.
— Hôtel de Salm, Palais de la Légion d’Honneur, Quai d’Orsay —

Built between 1656 and 1659, the Hôtel de Salé, since become the Picasso Museum in 1985,
is guarded by two sphinxes capped by the Bastille towers.
— Hôtel de Salé —

Built between 1625 and 1630 by the architect Jean Androuet du Cerceau (1585-1649),
this private mansion in the Louis XIII style sees its main building
guarded by two sphinxes on its courtyard side.
— Hôtel de Sully —

Private mansion on the Férou street, between the Luxembourg Garden and Saint-Sulpice Church.

Sphinx decorating the gate of Claude-Joseph Dorat’s workshop (1734-1780),
poet and playwright.
— Chapon street —

Sphinx adorning a pool
— Tuileries garden —

Built in 1900 for the Duchesse de Montmorency, this private mansion on the Avenue Foch has been designed by the architect Henri-Paul Nénot (1853-1934). Two sphinxes adorn the balustrade above the covered descent.
— Blumenthal-Montmorency hotel —

Second sphinx of Claude-Joseph Dorat’s workshop,
poet and playwright.
— Chapon street —

Following the architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart’s plans (1646-1708), the old hotel Herbault has been renovated between 1676 and 1681. The sphinxes that decorate its portal, with a young female face, a dog body, lion paws and a dragon tail are told to be the oldest in Paris.
— Hôtel Fieubet, Quai des Célestins —

Folie, or house of pleasure, designed by the architect François-Joseph Bélanger (1744-1818) for the Count of Artois, the Bagatelle Castle was completed in 1786. On the courtyard side, it remains fairly classic.
— Bagatelle Garden —

One of the mistresses of the prince, Rosalie Duthé, from the Opéra, would have lent her features to one of the two marble sphinxes adorning the garden façade.
— Bagatelle Garden —

Second sphinx on the garden side
— Bagatelle Garden —

Sculpted by Philippe-Laurent Roland (1746-1816), this sphinx
adorning the front steps of the castle has suffered the ravages of time.
— Bagatelle Garden —

Four sphinxes turn their back to the Grand Canal and face the Grand Parterre.
— Château de Fontainebleau —

At the end of the 0.75 mile-long Grand Canal, two sphinxes from 1870 were sculpted by Auguste Préault (1809-1879).
— Château de Fontainebleau —

Second sphinx from 1870 by Auguste Préault, at the end of the Grand Canal.
— Château de Fontainebleau —

One of the four sphinxes guarding the entrance gate between the Grand Canal and the Grand Parterre.
— Château de Fontainebleau —