3DBigDataSpace Scan-the-World Bernardin de Saint-Pierre Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (also called Bernardin de St. Pierre) (1737-1814) was a French writer and botanist. He is best known for his 1788 novel Paul et Virginie, now largely forgotten, but in the 19th century a very popular children's book. His portrait and the portraits of the main characters of the book are depicted in this monumental sculpture, which is located in the Jardin de Plantes in Paris. Scan-the-World creator software, multimedia 2026-05-12 3DBigDataSpace 20198340 644798c0219280806d9c1e16b5ed7c7c 10.5281/zenodo.20198340 children figure garden man portrait sculpture statue Bronze story French dé Saint writer pierre bernardin botanist botanical cc-by-nc-sa-4.0