A statue of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Paul_Riquet" class="extiw" title="en:Pierre Paul Riquet">Pierre Paul Riquet</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toulouse" class="extiw" title="en:Toulouse">Toulouse</a>, in the South of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" class="extiw" title="en:France">France</a>. Erected 18 September 1853, hence in the public domain. Text reads: "A Pierre Paul Riquet, La Ville de Toulouse, 18 Septembre 1853" (on the right) and "Ouverture de la Navigation, 15 Mai 1681" (on the left).
Photograph by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mike_Peel" title="User:Mike Peel">Mike Peel</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mikepeel.net/">www.mikepeel.net</a>). Statue by Bernard Griffoul-Dorval (1788 - 1861)
CC BY-SA 4.0
<span class="int-own-work">Self-photographed</span>