The present sculpture entitled Fleur d'Hiver, of which the original marble is now to be found in the Musée de Pau, is taken directly from the figure symbolising Population, placed at the rear of Barrias's immense group La Défence de Paris at Courbevoie (1881). Using one work as the basis for another differently titled work, as in the present case, was a trait sometimes found in Barrias's oeuvre, and is here successfully achieved, the single figure of Fleur d'Hiver being cast in three different sizes by Barbedienne.