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Jeanne d'Arc au sacré

Joan of Arc at the Coronation

Saint Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc), The Maid of Orléans (ca. 1412 - 1431)
national heroine of France, beatified in 1909 and canonized in 1920. She led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War
(Wikipedia)

Raffl - La Statue Réligieuse
early 20th century

Mont-Saint-Michel / Jeanne d'Arc au sacré

Description

Statue of Joan of Arc by Maison Raffl (model 6023), based on a design by the factory Delin Frères.

Signature

RAFFL paris

Jeanne d'Arc - Timeline

1412 - Approx date of birth
1425 - Visions of Saint Michael, Saint Catherine, and Saint Margaret, who told her to drive out the English and bring the Dauphin to Rheims for his coronation
1428, May - Went to Vaucouleurs to ask garrison commander, Count Robert de Baudricourt, to send her to the royal French court at Chinon, but is sent away.
1429, February - Baudricourt allows Jeanne to join the Dauphin at Chinon.
1429, May 8 - Lifting of the siege of Orleans
1429, July 17 - Coronation of Charles VII in Reims
1430, May 23 - Captured at Compiègne
1431, May 30 - Executed at Rouen
1871 - After the defeat of 1871, in many French towns and villages statues of Jeanne d'Arc are erected.

Sculptor

Raffl - La Statue Réligieuse, manufacturer of religious statues and church furniture, rue Bonaparte 64, Paris, founded 1796, and named after Ignaz Raffl (1828-1895). The company is primarily known as Maison Raffl or La Statue Religieuse. The iron statues of this firm were founded by Val d'Osne or Tusey.

Sources & Information

Sainte Jeanne d'Arc, Statues en France (WebArchive).
Bernard Mugnier, La statuaire johannique: Tome second (Vesoul: l'auteur, 2011), p. 372.

Locatie (N 48°38'10" - W 1°30'36") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frbn061; Photograph: 4 August 2015
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