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Jeanne d'Arc équestre

Joan of Arc equestrian statue

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)

Jean-Louis Chorel
1928

Description

Stone equestrian statue of Joan of Arc, with on its sides four reliefs, which were added by Chorel and placed in 1945.

Lyon - Jeanne d'Arc équestre
Les Voix de Domremy / The Voices of Domremy
Le défilé devant Orléans / The parade in front of Orleans

Le sacre de Charles VII / The coronation of Charles VII
Le martyre du bûcher de Rouen / The martyrdom at the stake in Rouen

Inscription(s)

LYON a
JEANNE d'ARC

Signature

JEAN CHOREL

Lyon - Jeanne d'Arc équestre

Sculptor

Jean-Louis Chorel (Lyon 1875 - Villeurbanne 1946), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste des œuvres publiques de Lyon.
Daniel F. Valot, Jeux et Photos de Lyon, Statues.
Bernard Mugnier, La statuaire johannique du XVIe au XXe siècle (Vesoul: l'auteur, 2008), p. 107-110.
Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon, Statue équestre de Jeanne d'Arc, place Puvis-de-Chavannes.
Kees van Tilburg, From Marcus Aurelius to Kim Jong-il: The story of equestrian statues throughout the ages (Amstelveen, 2017). – see also the Equestrian statue website.

Locatie (N 45°46'17" - E 4°50'38") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frra134; Photograph: 12 August 2018
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Les Voix de Domremy / The Voices of Domremy	Le défilé devant Orléans / The parade in front of Orleans
Le sacre de Charles VII / The coronation of Charles VII	Le martyre du bûcher de Rouen / The martyrdom at the stake in Rouen