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Jeanne d'Arc, après la victoire

Joan of Arc, After the Victory

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)

Henri Allouard
1935/1949

Montigny-lès-Metz / Jeanne d'Arc, après la victoire

Description

Bronze statue of Jean d'Arc in armour with a sword in her outstretched arms.

coat of arms of Montigny-lès-Metz

coat-of-arms or Jeanne d'Arc

Inscription(s)

On the socle, from top to bottom:

A JEANNE D'ARC

Signed: h allouard

Annotation

The statue inaugurated 30 May 1935 was taken by the Germans in the Second World War, except for the sword, which was saved by a parishioner and returned after the occupation. In 1949 a replica of the original statue was inaugurated, however, at present the sword is missing.

Jeanne d'Arc - Timeline

1412 - Approx date of birth
1425 - Visions of Saint Michael, Saint Catherine, and Saint Margaret, who told her to drive out the English and bring the Dauphin to Rheims for his coronation
1428, May - Went to Vaucouleurs to ask garrison commander, Count Robert de Baudricourt, to send her to the royal French court at Chinon, but is sent away.
1429, February - Baudricourt allows Jeanne to join the Dauphin at Chinon.
1429, May 8 - Lifting of the siege of Orleans
1429, July 17 - Coronation of Charles VII in Reims
1430, May 23 - Captured at Compiègne
1431, May 30 - Executed at Rouen
1871 - After the defeat of 1871, in many French towns and villages statues of Jeanne d'Arc are erected.

Artist

Henri Émile Allouard (Paris 1844 - 1929), French painter and sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Sainte Jeanne d'Arc, Statues en France (WebArchive).
Bernard Mugnier, La statuaire johannique du XVIe au XXe siècle (Vesoul: l'auteur, 2008), p. 33.

Location (N 49°5'59" - E 6°9'20") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frlo126; Photograph: 15 June 2011
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