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Place du Pont Neuf (1e)

Henri IV

King Henry IV of France and Navarre

Pau 1553 - Paris 1610
King of France, 1589-1610
(Wikipedia)

Various sculptors
1818

Description

Bronze equestrian statue on a pedestal with two bronze reliefs:

Henri IV faisant entrer des vivres dans Paris assiégé (Henry IV brings food into besieged Paris).
l'Entrée d'Henri IV à Paris (Henry IV triumphal entree in Paris).

The Pont Neuf was constructed during the reign of Henry IV. The statue is copied after the statue of 1614 by Jean de Bologne (Giambologna) - finished bhy Pietro Tacca, which was destroyed during the French revolution.

Inscription(s)

ERRICO IV
galliarvm imperatori navar r
lvdovicvs xiii filivs eivs
opvs inchoatvm et intermissvm
pro dignitate pietatis en imperii
plenivs et anplivs absolvit
emin d c richelivs
commvne votvm popvli promovit
svper illvstr viri
de bvllion bovtillier p aerarii f
faciendvm cvravervnt
mdcxxxv

HENRICI MAGNI
paterno in popvlvm animo
notissimi principis
sacram effigiem
civilis inter tvmvltvs
gallia indignante delectam
post optatvm lvdovici xviii reditvm
ex omnibs ordinibvs cives
aere collato restitvervnt
neo non eet elogivm
cvm effigie simvl abolitvm
lapidi rvrsvs inscribi
cvravervnt
D. D.
die xxv mens avg mdcccxviii

Sculptors

Giambologna, or Jean Boulogne, incorrectly known as Giovanni da Bologna and Giovanni Bologna (Douai 1529 - Florence 1608), sculptor, known for his marble and bronze statuary in a late Renaissance or Mannerist style (Wikipedia).
François-Frédéric Lemot (Lyon 1771 - Paris 1827), French sculptor (Wikipedia).
Pietro Tacca (Carrara 1577 - Firenze/Florence 1640), Italian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Statue équestre d'Henri IV.
See also photos on paris1900.lartnouveau.
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°51'25" - E 2°20'27") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frif005; Photograph: 24 May 2011
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