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(Maison natale de Jeanne d'Arc)

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)

Princesse Marie d' Orléans
1838/43

Description

Bronze statue of Jeanne d'Arc, called Prière avant le combat ('The Prayer before the Battle'). Jeanne d'Arc is depicted in armour with her hands folded before here and holding a sword with her right hand. Behand her are her helmet and armoured gloves.

Inscription(s)

jeanne d'arc
par la princesse marie d'orléans
donnée par le roi son père
au département des vosges
pour être placée à domremy dans la maison
où naquit jeanne d'arc.

Annotation

This bronze statue is a reduction of the marble original made in 1836. Four bronze copies were made and donated to Domremy, Orléans, Compiègne and Eu.

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)

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Sculptor

Princesse Marie d'Orléans (Palermo 1813 - Pisa 1839), second daugher of king Louis-Philippe (Wikipedia). As an accomplished sculptor she sculpted in 1838 a statue of Jeanne d'Arc, combining in her representation of the patriottic saint the virtues of heroism and piety. Numerous copies and imitations are made.

Sources & Information

Information sign in the building.
Bernard Mugnier, La statuaire johannique du XVIe au XXe siècle (Vesoul: l'auteur, 2008), p. 306-307.

Locatie (N 48°26'31" - E 5°40'28") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frlo045; Photograph: 13 June 2011
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