- CountryFrance
- Town:Paris
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Year of creation:1888
- Rider(s):Marcel, Etienne
(? -1358) was provost of the merchants of Paris, a title roughly equivalent to mayor of Paris today. He led a revolt against the dauphin Charles. Being the leader of the third Estate, the commoners, he forced the promulgation of a great edict of reform. The Dauphin accepted, but the imprisoned King John the Good, forbade to put it into effect. After murdering two noblemen, Etienne lost the support of the second Estate (the nobility) and was killed himself during an uproar in 1358.
- Sculptor(s):Idrac and Marqueste
Jean-Antoine-Marie “Antonin” Idrac (1849–1884) was a French sculptor.
Laurent-Honoré Marqueste (1848 – 1920) was a French sculptor in the neo-Baroque Beaux-Arts tradition.
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The equestrian statue of Etienne Marcel, with a sword and a scroll in his right hand, stands near the town hall in Paris.
The statue was created and started by Antonin Idrac and finished after his death by Laurent Marqueste.
