| Joan of Arc | |
|---|---|
 Joan of Arc in Reims | |
| Artist | Paul Dubois |
| Year | 1889 (plaster) |
| Location | Paris, Reims, Strasbourg, Washington DC (casts) |
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 with finishings by Fonderie Thiébaut Frères, 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 -
Reims: original placement, as if riding from the Cathedral -
Reims: protection during World War I -
Paris: current position in front of Saint-Augustin Church -
Paris: detail -
Paris: inscription on pedestal -
Washington: Meridian Hill Park
See also
Notes
- ^ "Jeanne d'Arc". POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine. 2012.
- ^ "Statue équestre de Jeanne d'Arc". Musée Camille Claudel.
- ^ "Dubois-Boucher annex". Musée Camille Claudel.
- ^ "Jeanne d'Arc". Musée d'Orsay.
- ^ Elisabeth Lebon (2012). "Le monument équestre de Jeanne d'Arc ou les étranges rapports entre Pierre Bingen et Edmond Gruet". Le fondeur et le sculpteur: Technique du bronze et histoire de l'art. Traverses. Paris: Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art. ISBN 9782917902882.
- ^ Christel Sniter (2010). "La guerre des statues. La statuaire publique, un enjeu de violence symbolique : l'exemple des statues de Jeanne d'Arc à Paris entre 1870 et 1914". Sociétés & Représentations.
- ^ "Joan of Arc, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution Art Inventories Catalog.
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