Equestrian statue of Joan of Arc (Paris)

Joan of Arc is a monumental bronze sculpture by French sculptor Paul Dubois. It depicts Joan of Arc both as a warrior and as a divinely inspired visionary.

The original plaster was presented at the Salon in 1889, on a commission by the city of Reims in 1887.^[1] Dubois donated it in 1902 to the Musée Paul-Dubois-Alfred Boucher in Nogent-sur-Seine,^[2] now an annex of the Musée Camille Claudel.^[3] An earlier plaster version is at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen.^[4]

There are four casts of the sculpture in public settings:^[5]

• in front of Saint-Augustin Church in Paris (1895), cast by Edmond Gruet Jeune, purchased in 1895 by the Fine Arts Directorate of the French Government and placed on its current location in 1900;^[6]
• in front of Reims Cathedral (1896), cast by Pierre Bingen [fr] with finishings by Fonderie Thiébaut Frères [fr], inaugurated by President Félix Faure on Bastille Day 1896;
• in front of St Maurice's Church, Strasbourg (1897), cast by E. Gruet Jeune, initially intended for the Musée du Luxembourg; then placed in Strasbourg in front of the Palais du Rhin in 1922, damaged by German occupation forces during World War II, and placed in its current location in 1965;
• on Meridian Hill Park (1922), reduced-scale cast by Rudier, inaugurated on January 6, 1923, in presence of President Warren G. Harding.^[7]

Gallery

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  Non-final plaster version, at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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  Reims: original placement, as if riding from the Cathedral
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  Reims: protection during World War I
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  Paris: current position in front of Saint-Augustin Church
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  Paris: detail
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  Paris: inscription on pedestal
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  Washington: Meridian Hill Park

See also

• Jeanne d'Arc (Frémiet)

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