Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

Bronze statue of Joan of Arc as shepherdess holding a flag which has now disappeared. The granite socle has the date 1942.
Vermare made between 1909 and 1919 the statue on request of pastor Ficoud of the parish of St. Clair in Lyon who wished a statue of Joan of Arc as 'une paysanne abandonnant sa quenouille pour brandir l'étendard de la Libération' (a peasant woman abandoning her cattail to brandish the banner of the Liberation). The statue was placed at the Seminaire de Francheville. In 1941 the statue was bought by pastor Chauve of the parish of Saint Jeanne d'Arc in Lyon. The inauguration was planned for 1942 - the date on the socle - but because of the war it took place only on 13 may 1945.

Signature

Old Postcard(s)

 
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Sculptor

• André-César Vermare (Lyon 1869 - Īle de Bréhat 1949), French sculptor. His statue 'Jeanne d'Arc au sacre' was by Pope Pius X in 1909 appointed as the offical statue for the beatification of Jeanne d'Arc. The marble statue was placed in the French national church in Rome. Many factories made replicas of the statue, usually in plaster (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

• Bernard Mugnier, La statuaire johannique du XVIe au XXe siècle (Vesoul: l'auteur, 2008), p. 437.

Tags

• Town: Lyon
• Département: Rhône
• Région: Rhône-Alpes
• Country: France
• Jeanne d`Arc, St.
• Statue (woman)
• Vermare, André

Locatie (N 45°45'6" - E 4°52'38") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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