Equestrian statue of Louis XIII in Paris France

CountryFrance
Town:Paris
Year of creation:1825
Rider(s):Louis XIII

(1601-1643), had to succeed his father when he was eight years old. His mother acted as regent during Louis’ minority. Mismanagement of the kingdom and ceaseless political intrigues by her and her Italian favorites led the young king to take power in 1617, exiling his mother to Blois and executing her followers. Louis XIII leaned heavily on his Prime Minister Cardinal Richelieu.
Sculptor(s):Dupaty and Cortot

Charles Dupaty (1771 – 1825) was a French sculptor.
Jean-Pierre Cortot (1787 –1843) was a French neoclassical sculptor

Description:

Cardinal Richelieu ordered in 1639 that a bronze statue should be erected in the middle of the Place Royale (later Place des Vosges), partly to help stop the location being used for dueling. The sculptor Pierre Biard used a cast of a horse intended for a statue of Henri II on which he placed an effigy of Louis XIII which by all accounts was proportionately too big for the horse. The bronze was melted down during the French revolution for the production of canons. In 1825 a new statue was erected, this a white marble work which Jean-Pierre Cortot had based on a model by Charles Dupaty executed in 1816