Blois – Equestrian statues https://equestrianstatue.org by Kees van Tilburg Thu, 15 Oct 2020 15:50:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.11 Louis Xll https://equestrianstatue.org/louis-xll/ Wed, 18 May 2016 15:22:55 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/louis-xll/ The original sculpture by Guido Mazzoni (1507) was destroyed during the revolution. Seurre made this sculpture based upon drawings to replace the original in 1857. The horse lifting his two right legs at the same time was considered to be a mistake. The story even goes that the sculptor committed suicide because of this, but … Continue reading "Louis Xll"

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]]> Jeanne d’Arc https://equestrianstatue.org/jeanne-d-arc-21/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=2229 See original. The statue in Blois by Anna Hyatt-Huntington (1921) was a gift from an avowed Francophile, on behalf of the US people and the citizens of New York. The setting of this replica is much better than that of the original in New York, where it is barely possible to get enough distance to … Continue reading "Jeanne d’Arc"

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