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Jeanne d'Arc

Joan of Arc

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)

Paul Dubois
1896

Description

Bronze equestrian statue.

Inscription(s)

No inscriptions. Formerly, the statue was on a pedestal with the following inscriptions (after Mugnier):

a jeanne d'arc / reims / la France / souscription nationale ouverte par l'academie de Reims 1886-1896

sculptee en 1889 et fondue a cire perdue d'un seul jet par bingen 1896

sacre de charles vii en presence de jeanne d'arc / 17 juillet 1429

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.

Old Postcard(s)

Click on the thumbnail for an enlargement.

Sculptor

Paul Dubois (Nogent-sur-Seine 1829 - Paris 1905), French sculptor (his statue) (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Kees van Tilburg, From Marcus Aurelius to Kim Jong-il: The story of equestrian statues throughout the ages (Amstelveen, 2017). – see also the Equestrian statue website.

Locatie (N 49°15'13" - E 4°1'56") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frca017; Photograph: 11 September 2011
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