Statues - Hither & Thither

Site Search:

Place du General Leclerc

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)

R. Bonnefoy & M. Vion
1901/1982

Description

Stone statue.

Inscription(s)

svr l'initiative
dv doctevr MERAVT
maire conseiller general
et avec le concovrs
de nombrevx sovscriptevrs
dv BERRY
la ville de MEHVN
dans la premiere annee
dv XX^eme siecle
a erige ce monvment
en l'honnevr de
jeanne d'ARC
qvi dans le covrs dv XV^eme
y recvt ses lettres de noblesse
dv roi CHARLES VII
—
1429-1901
—
partria memor
—
cette statve a ete enlevee en 1944

le 15 mai 1982
en presence
de M. GILLARD PREFET
et de la popvlation
cette novvelle statve
de jeanne d'ARC
a ete erigee a l'initiative
de JEAN MANGEAV
Maire de MEHVN
Vice President dv Conseil General dv Cher

domremy
orleans
jargeav
beavgency
patay
reims
compiegne
roven

bovrges
mehvn
st. pierre-le-movstier
montfavcon - villeqviers
selles-en-berry
les marches de berry

Signed: R. Bonnefoy / m. vion

Annotation

The bronze statue of 1901 was destroyed in 1944, a stone copy was placed in 1982.

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.

Sculptors

R. Bonnefoy.
M. Vion.

Sources & Information

Bernard Mugnier, La statuaire johannique du XVIe au XXe siècle (Vesoul: l'auteur, 2008), p. 279-282.
Sainte Jeanne d'Arc, Statues en France (WebArchive).

Locatie (N 47°8'36" - E 2°12'58") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frce052; Photograph: 9 September 2011
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
If you want to use photos, please contact us via the contact form (in Dutch, English or German).
© Website and photos: René & Peter van der Krogt

Your banner here? Click for information.