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Anne Hilarion de Costentin Comte de Tourville

Paris or Tourville-sur-Sienne 1642 - Paris 1701
French naval commander who served under King Louis XIV. He was made Marshal of France in 1693

Hubert Yencesse
1952

Coutances / Anne Hilarion de Costentin Comte de Tourville

Description

Stone statue of the admiral.

Inscription(s)

AMIRAL TOURVILLE
Marechal de France
1642 - 1701

Signature

h. yencesse

Annotation

The 1907 bronze statue of Tourville was melted in 1943. In 1952 Coutances was donated by the State the stone statue of Tourville originating from the Trocadero.

Sculptor

Hubert Yencesse (Dijon 1900 - Paris 1987), French sculptor and printmaker.

Sources & Information

E-monumen.net.
Wikimanche, Monument aux morts de 1870 (Coutances).

Locatie (N 49°2'47" - W 1°26'54") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frbn075; Photograph: 5 August 2015
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