Saint Michael slaying the Demon. 1861 the Demon with a rather grimaced face laying over a rock, which was produced in bronze; yet the rock itself was produced by another artist. The fountain was different from most other Paris fountains because it used different colors of stone; columns of red marble from Languedoc; green marble; blue stone from Soignies; yellow stone from Saint-Yllie; and bronze statues.

You can see the entire enormous structure and historical monument of the Fontaine Saint-Michel, which was actually designed to hide the end of a building. The Fontaine Saint-Michel is a monumental fountain located in Place Saint-Michel in the 5th arrondissement in Paris. It was constructed in 1858–1860 during the French Second Empire. The later monumental fountains in Paris were all free-standing, in the centers of squares or parks.

this is a major work of art that was produced by several artists