Reines de France et Femmes illustres
The Queens of France and Famous Women (Reines de France et Femmes illustres) is a series of sculptures in the jardin du Luxembourg in Paris. It consists of 20 marble sculptures arranged around a large pond in front of the palais du Luxembourg. Louis-Philippe I chose the women to be portrayed and most of the sculptures were commissioned around 1843, for around 12,000 francs each, and generally exhibited in the Paris Salons of 1847 or 1848.[1] In a clockwise direction, starting at the north east point, the sculptures are:
| Disposition |
|---|
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| Name | Image | inscription | Sculptor |
|---|---|---|---|
(c.630-680) Regent of France |  |  | 1848 |
(720-783) queen of France |  |  | 1848 |
(c.1031-1083) Duchess of Normandy |  |  | 1848 |
(423-512) Patron saint of Paris |  |  | 1845 |
(1542–1587) queen of France |  |  | 1846 |
(1528–1572) Queen of Navarre |  |  | 1848 |
 |  | 1848 | |
(1627–1693) Duchesse de Montpensier |  |  | 1848 |
(1476–1531) Regent of France |  |  | 1851 |
Queen of England with her son Edward |  |  | 1877[2] |
(1307–1348) |  |  | 1848 |
(1573–1642) queen of France |  |  | 1847 |
(1492–1549) Queen of Navarre |  |  | 1848 |
(1370–1408) Duchess of Orléans |  |  | 1846 |
(1460–1522) Regent of France |  |  | 1847 |
(1188–1252) queen of France |  |  | 1848[3] |
(1601–1666) queen of France |  |  | 1847 |
(1477–1514) queen of France |  |  | 1846 |
(1219–1295) queen of France |  |  | 1847 |
(465-545) queen of France |  |  | 1847 |
References
- ↑ Reines de France et Femmes illustres on the French Senate site.
- ↑ Commissioned to replaced the 1852 statue of Joan of Arc by François Rude which was moved to the Louvre in 1872 as it was considered too fragile to remain in the open air. The French state commissioned its replacement for 7,000 francs from Taluet, and it was finished in 1877 and exhibited at the 1895 Salon.
- ↑ Bien que datée de 1850.