Entomologist

The Provençal garrigue is a living world for those who know how to look: cicadas, beetles, praying mantises, bees and butterflies live there in time with the sun. The entomologist, a scholar of insects, spends hours observing them, describing them and understanding their habits. A rarer character in the Nativity scene, he brings a touch of scientific curiosity among the village trades.

In Provence, how could one not think of Jean-Henri Fabre, who devoted his life to the study of insects and whose work made the richness of Provençal nature known far beyond the region? Our santon pays tribute to this figure of the curious, patient naturalist.

At 4 cm, he fits into a medium-sized Nativity scene, by a path, near a rock or a bush. He is made in our Aix-en-Provence workshop: model hand-sculpted by the Fouque family, molding in a very fine regional clay, deburring by hand, slow drying, firing at 960 °C, then matte paint applied with a brush.

Our family has been making santons since 1934. You can see our characters at 65 cours Gambetta or at our exhibitions. Ordered online, he is wrapped in paper and then bubble wrap and ships within 2 to 3 business days.