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Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette

Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette
(Chavaniac 1757 - Paris 1834)
French aristocrat and military officer; general in the American Revolutionary War and a leader of the Garde Nationale during the French Revolution
(Wikipedia)

Claude Goutin & Vincent Goutin
Fonderie Huguenin (Vézelise)
2004

Metz / Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette

Description

Equestrian statue of Lafayette

Inscription(s)

"du premier moment
ou j'ai entendu le
nom de l'Amerique je
l'ai aimee, des
l'instant que j'ai su
qu'elle combattait
pour sa liberte, j'ai
brule du desir de
verser mon sang
pour elle",
Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis de la Fayette

"c'est d'ici, a metz
que la fayette partit
combattre pour
l'independance des
etats unis d'amerique.
8 aout 1775"

Signature

Claude Goutin sculpteur Vincent Goutin assistant 2004

Fonderie Huguenin Vezelise

Sculptors

Claude Goutin (Nancy 1930 - 2018), French sculptor from Montigny-lès-Metz (Wikipedia).
Vincent Goutin, French sculptor and painter from Metz.

Sources & Information

Tout Metz, Monuments et bâtiments urbains de Metz.
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 49°7'3" - E 6°10'10") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frlo183; Photograph: 27 May 2019
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