Jeanne d’ArcEmmanuel FrémietParis, 1824 - Paris, 1910Date : 1875Matériaux et techniques : Modèle en plâtre à grandeurDimensions : H. 199 x l. 68 x P. 104 cm

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Emmanuel Frémiet, nephew and student of François Rude, also excelled in the field of monumental statuary. Under the Third Republic, he obtained important public commissions, including the gilded bronze equestrian statue of Joan of Arc, erected in 1874 on the Place de Rivoli in Paris (today's Place des Pyramides), near the place where she was wounded. A year after this realization, Frémiet presented this effigy at the Salon of 1875, whose pose recalls the prayers of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

The choice of subject testifies to the glorification of the great figures of national history during the second half of the 19th century, in particular Joan of Arc, whose popularity was revived at the time of the 1870 war. A parallel is drawn between the situation of France in 1429, invaded by the English army but on the verge of reclaiming its territory, and that of the country in 1870, occupied by the Prussians but resisting the invader in a heroic manner.

Joan of Arc, by Frémiet. This recently restored work allows us to appreciate the quality of the artist's style, paying constant attention to the respect of proportions and the archaeological precision of details. The statue in the Place des Pyramides had been met with a chorus of criticism because of the stiffness and coldness of its military representation, at a time when the character was adorned with feminine values, grace, beauty and purity. Consequently, Frémiet endeavors here to feminize his subject, as shown by the softness of the modeling under the armor, the kneeling and slightly arched back pose, and the long untied hair escaping the veil falling from the helmet.

Despite the enthusiastic reviews, this monumental plaster created as a tomb statue, did not find a buyer at the Salon. It was therefore never cast to size but reduced for the edition, in bronze and in Sèvres cookie.

3D scan réalisé par Marc-Alfred FALIGANT