''Jeanne d'Arc'' ( en,
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc (french: link=yes, Jeanne d'Arc, translit= an daʁk} ; 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronati ...
) is an 1874 French gilded bronze equestrian sculpture of Joan of Arc by
Emmanuel Frémiet
Emmanuel Frémiet (6 December 182410 September 1910) was a French sculptor. He is famous for his 1874 sculpture of Joan of Arc in Paris (and its "sister" statues in Philadelphia and Portland, Oregon) and the monument to Ferdinand de Lesseps in S ...
. The outdoor statue is prominently displayed in the
Place des Pyramides
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in Paris.
History
The original statue was commissioned by the French government after the defeat of the country in the 1870
Franco-Prussian War. It is the only public commission of the state from 1870 to 1914, called the Golden Age of statuary in Paris, the other statues were funded by private subscriptions.
The sculptor took as his model Aimée Girod (1856–1937), a young woman from
Domrémy, Joan of Arc's village in Lorraine.
The statue was inaugurated in 1874. The pedestal was designed by the architect Paul Abadie.
The artist, who made another version of the monument for the city of
Nancy in 1889, replaced the horse of the Parisian monument 10 years later by a copy of the smaller Nancy one, which earned him criticism.
The monument was classified as a historic monument on March 31, 1992.
Reviving a tradition from the
far-right leagues
The far-right leagues (french: ligues d'extrême droite) were several French far-right movements opposed to parliamentarism, which mainly dedicated themselves to military parades, street brawls, demonstrations and riots. The term ''ligue'' was of ...
, on every
May Day, the
National Front holds an annual ceremony in her honour at the statue.
Locations
The original work is located at the
Place des Pyramides
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, in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
, near where
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc (french: link=yes, Jeanne d'Arc, translit= an daʁk} ; 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronati ...
was wounded during her failed attempt to take Paris.
Other copies can be seen at:
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Nancy, France
Nancy ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Nanzisch'' is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the northeastern Departments of France, French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. It was the capital of the Duchy of Lorraine, which was Lorraine and Barrois, an ...
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,
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Philadelphia
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,
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Portland, Oregon
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Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc (french: link=yes, Jeanne d'Arc, translit= an daʁk} ; 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronati ...
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Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropol ...
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Gallery
File:Joan of Arc statue in Paris.jpg, Paris
File:Joan of Arc Philly.jpg, Philadelphia
File:FQJoanPonyFlagsCannon.jpg, New Orleans
File:Jeanne d'Arc Melbourne.jpg, Melbourne
File:Who that statue.jpg, New Orleans
File:Jeanne-d'Arc-(Fremiet)-Sculpture-In-Portland-Oregon.jpg, Portland
See also
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List of public art in Philadelphia
This is a list of public artworks in Philadelphia. The Association for Public Art estimates the city has thousands of public artworks; the Smithsonian lists more than 700. Since 1959 nearly 400 works of public art have been created as part of ...
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''Joan of Arc'' (Dubois)
References
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1899 sculptures
Cultural depictions of Joan of Arc
Equestrian statues in Australia
Equestrian statues in France
Equestrian statues in Louisiana
Equestrian statues in Philadelphia
Outdoor sculptures in Philadelphia
Sculptures of women
Sculptures of women in Australia
Sculptures of women in France
Sculptures of women in Louisiana
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Statues of military officers
Works about Joan of Arc