France – Equestrian statues https://equestrianstatue.org by Kees van Tilburg Sat, 15 May 2021 11:06:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.11 Batz de Castelmore, Charles de https://equestrianstatue.org/batz-de-castelmore-charles-de/ Fri, 16 Oct 2020 08:14:59 +0000 https://equestrianstatue.org/?p=25886 Lupiac was the place of birth of the rider Photographer unknown

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]]> Jeanne d’Arc https://equestrianstatue.org/jeanne-darc-2/ Wed, 14 Oct 2020 14:54:29 +0000 https://equestrianstatue.org/?p=25760 Photographer unknown

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]]> Jeanne d’Arc https://equestrianstatue.org/jeanne-darc/ Wed, 14 Oct 2020 14:47:46 +0000 https://equestrianstatue.org/?p=25756 Photographer unknown

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]]> Francois I https://equestrianstatue.org/francois-i/ Thu, 28 Feb 2019 15:03:20 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=21951 Photographer unknown

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]]> Cavalry of Pleyben https://equestrianstatue.org/cavalry-of-pleyben/ Fri, 27 Jan 2017 11:20:22 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=18658 On the platform of the calvary some soldiers are depicted standing or on horseback. Hereafter we have a scene depicting the descent into Hell, a large open mouth. Visible in the mouth are lost souls held in check by a devil wielding a fork. The mouth is toothless but various imps and demons are also revealed.

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]]> Louis XIV https://equestrianstatue.org/louis-xiv-3/ Tue, 13 Dec 2016 15:37:06 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=10460 The present equestrian statue of Louis XIV in Versailles was commissioned in 1816 for the Place de la Concorde in Paris, and was designed by Pierre Cartellier. At the time of Cartellier’s death of in 1831, only the horse – originally designed for an equestrian statue of Louis XV – had been completed. The rider is the … Continue reading "Louis XIV"

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]]> Foch, Ferdinand https://equestrianstatue.org/marechal-foch-2/ Tue, 13 Dec 2016 10:45:57 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=10312 This statue was clearly inspired by the Marcus Aurelius statue in Rome. It is for this reason that Foch does not wear a so-called képi.

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]]> Charles the Great https://equestrianstatue.org/charles-the-great-2/ Tue, 13 Dec 2016 10:22:09 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=10273 The statue, placed in front of the Notre Dame church in Paris, shows Charles the Great on horseback accompanied by his guards, Olivier and Roland

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]]> LOUIS XIV https://equestrianstatue.org/louis-xiv-2/ Thu, 08 Dec 2016 15:19:44 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=10066 Because of wars, the death of Louis XIV in 1715 and for many other reasons, it took 26 years before the statue in Montpellier by Pierre Mazeline de Rouen and Simon Hurtrelle de Béthune (1692) could be unveiled in 1718 after transportation from Paris that took six months. This statue was another that did not survive the revolution in … Continue reading "LOUIS XIV"

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]]> Foch, Ferdinand https://equestrianstatue.org/marechal-foch/ Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:07:10 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=9991 The post Foch, Ferdinand appeared first on Equestrian statues.

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