Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

Bronze statue of Fabert in armour. The statue was inaugurated 30 November 1842 on the other side of the Place d'Armes. Later it was replaced to the present location and got a new pedestal with four reliefs by the Martels:

Coat of arms with Fabert's the name and dates

Five coats of arms and the names of battlefields: arras - stenay - landrecies - saint jean de losne - suse en piemont

Quote of Fabert (see inscriptions)

Five coats of arms of selestat - sedan - haguenau - benfeld - colmar and the words fortitudo - caritas

Inscription(s)

marechal FABERT 1599-1662

si pour empecher qu'une place que le roi m'a confiee ne tombat au pou- voir de l'ennemi il faillant mettre a la breche ma per- sonne ma famille et tout mon bien je ne balancerais pas un moment a le faire *     * FABERT

Signature

Sculptors

• Antoine Étex (Paris 1808 - Chaville, Hauts-de-Seine, 1888), French sculptor (Wikipedia).
  
• Jan & Joël Martel (Nantes 1896 - Bois-de-Céné March resp. Sept. 1966), French sculptors, twin brothers (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

• Tout Metz, Monuments et bâtiments urbains de Metz.
• e-Monumen.net, Monumen.
• Petit Patrimoine, search form.

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Location (N 49°7'12" - E 6°10'34")

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