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Loyes
(Comune de Villieu-Loyes-Mollon)
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Rhône-Alpes

Rue du Château

Jeanne d'Arc en prière

Joan of Arc in Prayer

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
Val d`Osne (Paris)
late 19th century

Description

Polychrome 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.

The signature 'Cachet' is obviously the name of the painter, cf. the statue of St. Mary in the same village.

Inscription(s)

A
JEANNE
D'ARC
BIENHEVREVSE
—
par sa vaillance et son genie
par ses vertvs et sa foi
par son martyre
JEANNE
patriotte loyaliste chretienne
delivra
la france
de
l'etranger
1412 - 1431

Signature

val d'osne | 58 b^d voltaire paris
cachet 1995

Loyes - Jeanne d'Arc en prière

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

Bernard Mugnier, La statuaire johannique du XVIe au XXe siècle (Vesoul: l'auteur, 2008), p. 307 (this statue not mentioned).

Location (N 45°55'39" - E 5°13'48")

Item Code: frra305; Photograph: 17 August 2018
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