Equestrian statue of Joan of Arc (Paris)

Joan of Arc

File:Joan of Arc, Place du Parvis, Reims(1).jpg 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. Dubois donated it in 1902 to the Musée Paul-Dubois-Alfred Boucher in Nogent-sur-Seine, now an annex of the Musée Camille Claudel. An earlier plaster version is at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen.

There are four casts of the sculpture in public settings:

• 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;
• 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.

Main article: Equestrian statue of Joan of Arc (Washington, D.C.)

Gallery

• Jeanne D'Arc by Dubois (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek).jpg

  Non-final plaster version, at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

• Entrance to cathedral of Reims, France, and equestrian statue of Joan of Arc LCCN2002699879.jpg

  Reims: original placement, as if riding from the Cathedral

• Statue jeanne d'arC 73723.jpg

  Reims: protection during World War I

• P1030127 Paris VIII Satue Jeanne d'Arc et église Saint-Augustin rwk.JPG

  Paris: current position in front of Saint-Augustin Church

• Jeanne d'Arc Paul Dubois Paris 8e GP.jpg

  Paris: detail

• Jeanne d'Arc Paul Dubois Paris 8e socle.jpg

  Paris: inscription on pedestal

• Joan of Arc.jpg

  Washington: Meridian Hill Park

See also

• Jeanne d'Arc (Frémiet)