Jeanne d'Arc (Frémiet)

Jeanne d'Arc
Year 1899
Type Gilded Bronze
Dimensions 400 cm (13 ft)
Location Paris
See also: Joan of Arc

Jeanne d'Arc is an equestrian sculpture by Emmanuel Frémiet. It is located at the Place des Pyramides, in Paris, near where Joan of Arc was wounded during her failed attempt to take Paris. The original statue was commissioned by Napoleon III, in 1874. In 1899, the sculptor reworked it.

Other examples include: Nancy, France,[1] New Orleans,[2] Philadelphia,[3][4] Portland, Oregon,[5] Melbourne, Australia.[6]

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History

The statue was commissioned by the French government following the defeat of the country in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. It is the only public commission of the State during the period 1870-1914, called the Golden Age of statuary in Paris. The sculptor Emmanuel Fremiet, took as his model Aimee Girod, a young Lorraine, and was inaugurated in 1874. The pedestal was designed by the architect Paul Abadie. Another version of the statue was carried out in 1889, by Fremiet for the city of Nancy, on Lafayette Square. The horse was reduced in size in 1899, replacing the horse in Paris by the Nancy version, causing some controversy.[7]

On 1 May, the National Front, holds an annual event in honor of Joan of Arc at the statue.

The monument was classified as a historic monument, on March 31, 1992.

Gallery

References

  1. ^ http://statues.vanderkrogt.net/object.php?webpage=ST&record=fr206
  2. ^ "Joan of Arc, (sculpture).". Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum. http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1P1D560750T74.20846&profile=ariallimg&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100013~!332515~!1&ri=7&aspect=subtab37&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Fremiet,+Emmanuel,+1824-1910,+sculptor.&index=.AX&uindex=&aspect=subtab37&menu=search&ri=7#focus. Retrieved August 3, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Jeanne d'Arc, (sculpture).". Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum. http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1QP7650652O19.13051&menu=search&aspect=subtab37&npp=50&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=ariallimg&ri=35&source=~%21siartinventories&index=.GI&term=philadelphia+joan+arc&x=0&y=0&aspect=subtab37#focus. Retrieved August 3, 2011. 
  4. ^ http://dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0006557.htm
  5. ^ "Joan of Arc, Maiden of Orleans, (sculpture).". Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum. http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1P1D560750T74.20846&profile=ariallimg&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100013~!16997~!0&ri=5&aspect=subtab37&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Fremiet,+Emmanuel,+1824-1910,+sculptor.&index=.AX&uindex=&aspect=subtab37&menu=search&ri=5#focus. Retrieved August 3, 2011. 
  6. ^ http://www.publicartaroundtheworld.com/Jeanne_d_Arc_Statue.html
  7. ^ http://nancy.pagesperso-orange.fr/itineraire-1.htm

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