Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

Equestrian statue of Louis XIV as Roman emperor riding the horse 'à la romaine' (without saddle or stirrups – an urban legend wants that Lemot committed suicide after finding out that he had forgotten the stirrups).

The equestrian statue is sculpted by François-Frédéric Lemot and dates from 1825. It replaces a 1713 statue by Martin Desjardins, destroyed during the French revolution in 1792. The pedestal is flanked by fluvial allegories installed in 1721: The Rhône by Guillaume Coustou to the right of the king (facing the river Rhône), and the Saône by Nicolas Coustou to the left of the king (facing the Saône).

Rhône

Saône

Inscription(s)

LOUIS XIV roi de france 1638   1715

CHEF D'OEVVRE de LEMOT scvlptevr lyonnois

Signature

Sculptors

• Nicolas Coustou (Lyon 1658 - Paris 1733) and Guillaume Coustou (Lyon 1677 - Paris 1746), French sculptors, brothers (Wikipedia: Nicolas and Guillaume).
  
• François-Frédéric Lemot (Lyon 1771 - Paris 1827), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

• Wikipedia, Liste des œuvres publiques de Lyon.
• Wikipedia, Statue équestre de Louis XIV (Lyon).
• e-Monumen.net, Monumen.
• 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.
• Daniel F. Valot, Jeux et Photos de Lyon, Statues and Sculptures.

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