Antoine (Tony) Etes was a French sculptor, painter and architect. His two sculptures "Peace" and "War" stand at each side of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. He was born in Paris in 1808 and died in 1888. He is also famous for a large allegory painting "The Glory of the United States", which he painted for City Hall in New York City. His best-known architectural works are the tomb of Naopoleon I in the Invalides and a monument of the 1848 revolution.
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