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Ville de Paris
Ile-de-France

Quai de l 'Hôtel de Ville (4e)

Étienne Marcel

1302/10 - Paris 1358 provost of the merchants of Paris
(Wikipedia)

Antonin Idrac
Thiébaut (Paris)
1888

Description

Equestrial statue

Inscription(s)

Around the socle:

LA VILLE DE PARIS A ETIENNE MARCEL PREVOT DES MARCHANDS

Signed: thiebaut...

Annotation

Unveiled 14 July 1888.

Old Postcard(s)

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Sculptor

Jean-Antoine-Marie (Antonin) Idrac (Toulouse 1849 - Paris 1884), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Phidias-Sculptures de rue, Les statues de rue de Paris.
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 48°51'20" - E 2°21'7") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frif002; Photograph: 24 May 2011
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