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Louis XIII

Fontainebleau 1601 - Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1643
King of France and Navarre 1610-1643
(Wikipedia)

Charles Dupaty & Jean-Pierre Cortot
1829

Description

Marble equestrian statue.

Inscription(s)

LOUIS XIII
1610 - 1643
—
cette statue
oeuvre de dupaty et cortot
élevée le 4 novembre 1829
a remplace
l'ancienne statue de bronze
érigée en 1639

Signed: C. Dupaty

Sculptors

Jean-Pierre Cortot (Paris 1787 - Paris 1843), French sculptor (Wikipedia).
Louis-Marie-Charles-Henri Mercier Dupaty (Bordeaux 1771 - Paris 1825), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Statue équestre de Louis XIII.
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°21'55") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frif027; Photograph: 25 May 2011
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