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Nancy
Meurthe-et-Moselle
Lorraine

Place Saint-Epvre

René II de Lorraine

René II, Duke of Lorraine

Angers 1451 - Fains 1508
Count of Vaudémont from 1470, Duke of Lorraine from 1473
(Wikipedia)

Mathias Schiff
Daubree (Nancy)
1883

Description

Bronze equestrian statue.
On the corners of the pedestal the coats of arms of Lorraine (bar with eagles), Nancy (thistle), Bar-le-Duc (two fish) and ? (five bars, also Bar-le-Duc?).

Inscription(s)

RENÉ II
dvc de Lorraine et Bar
roi de Jerusalem
Sicile et d'Aragon
1473 - 1508

né à Joinville
le 26 mai 1451

mort à Fains
le 10 décembre 1508

Signed: M Schiff 1883
Execute en Bronze / par daubree de Nancy / 1883

Old Postcard(s)

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Sculptor

Mathias Schiff (1862-1886), French sculptor.

Sources & Information

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°41'46" - E 6°10'45") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frlo108; Photograph: 14 June 2011
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