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List of public equestrian monuments
This is a list of equestrian statues in France. In each region , statues are ranked by chronological order of first erection in the listed location.
Paris and Ile-de-France Paris Henri IV on the Pont Neuf , by François-Frédéric Lemot (1818) replacing destroyed predecessor of 1614Louis XIII on Place des Vosges , by Charles Dupaty and Jean-Pierre Cortot (1825), marble replacing destroyed bronze predecessor of 1639Louis XIV on Place des Victoires , by François Joseph Bosio (1828)Joan of Arc on Rue de Rivoli , by Emmanuel Frémiet (1874, reworked in 1899)Genius of Arts on the Louvre Palace façade facing the Seine , by Antonin Mercié (1877) replacing a bas-relief of Napoleon III by Antoine-Louis Barye (1869) deposed on 6 September 1870 and now at the Château de Compiègne [1] [2] Charlemagne et ses Leudes in front of Notre-Dame de Paris , by the brothers Louis and Charles Rochet (1878), erected in 1882Etienne Marcel besides the Hôtel de Ville , by Antonin Idrac and Laurent Marqueste (1888)The Poet astride Pegasus near Place Édouard-VII [fr ] , by Alexandre Falguière (1897)Joan of Arc in front of Saint-Augustin , by Paul Dubois (1895), erected in 1900George Washington on Place d'Iéna, by Daniel Chester French and Edward Clark Potter (1900)Gladiator by Isidore Bonheur (1902), erected in Sainte-Anne Hospital Center in 1942Lafayette on the Cours-la-Reine , by Paul Wayland Bartlett (1908), relocated from the Louvre in 1984; a copy was erected in 2017 at the Monument Pershing - Lafayette [fr ] in Versailles Edward VII on Place Édouard-VII [fr ] , by Paul Landowski (1913)Saint Louis and Joan of Arc in front of the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur , by Hippolyte Lefèbvre (1927)Simón Bolívar on the Cours-la-Reine , by Emmanuel Frémiet (1930), new cast of 1910 original in Bogotá , relocated to current site in 1980La France renaissante on the Pont de Bir-Hakeim , by Holger Wederkinch [fr ] (1930)Alexander I of Yugoslavia at La Muette , by Maxime Real del Sarte (1936)Albert I of Belgium near the Place de la Concorde , by Armand Martial [fr ] (1938)Joseph Joffre in front of École Militaire , by Maxime Real del Sarte (1939)Ferdinand Foch facing the Trocadéro , by Robert Wlérick [fr ] and Raymond Martin [fr ] (1951)José de San Martín in the Parc Montsouris , by Louis-Joseph Daumas (1960), new cast of 1862 original in Buenos Aires Louis XIV in front of Louvre Pyramid , by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1988), cast in lead of the 1670s marble original kept at Versailles Ile-de-France Marble statue of Louis XIV at the Palace of Versailles , by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1670s); now replaced by a copy at the end of the pièce d'eau des Suisses [fr ] Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans in Neuilly-sur-Seine , by Carlo Marochetti (1845), initially erected near Djamaa el Djedid in Algiers and relocated in 1981[3] Louis XIV in front of the Palace of Versailles , by Pierre Cartellier and Louis Petitot (1837), originally intended for the Place de la Concorde ; repositioned in 2009Napoleon at Montereau-Fault-Yonne , by Charles Pierre Victor Pajol [fr ] (1867)Anne de Montmorency at the Château de Chantilly , by Paul Dubois (1886)Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale in front of the Château de Chantilly , by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1899)John Pershing at the Monument Pershing - Lafayette [fr ] in Versailles , by Joachim Costa [fr ] (designed in 1937, completed 2017)Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Louis XIV on Place Bellecour in Lyon , by François-Frédéric Lemot (1826), replacing destroyed predecessor of 1713Napoleon on the Prairie de la Rencontre in Laffrey , by Emmanuel Frémiet (1868), originally erected in Grenoble , warehoused in 1870 and re-erected at present site in 1929Philis de La Charce at the jardins des Dauphins in Grenoble , by Pierre-Etienne Daniel Campagne [fr ] (1900)Vercingetorix on Place de Jaude in Clermont-Ferrand , by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1903)Joan of Arc in Saint-Étienne , by Emmanuel Frémiet (1916), new cast of the Paris versionJoan of Arc in Lyon , by Jean-Louis Chorel [fr ] (1928)Sur les Talons in Briançon , by Gari (2016)Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Bretagne Bertrand du Guesclin in
Dinan Centre-Val-de-Loire Corse Grand Est Louis XIII on the façade of the Hôtel de Ville in Reims , by François Milhomme [fr ] (1818), stone replacement of destroyed bronze predecessor of 1624Louis XIV on the façade of Strasbourg Cathedral , by Jean Vallastre [fr ] (1823); other equestrian statues on the Cathedral exterior by unidentified authors, including those replacing destroyed medieval predecessors representing Clovis , Dagobert , and Rudolf of Habsburg Duke Antoine of Lorraine above the main gate of the Palais ducal of Nancy , by Giorné Viard [fr ] (1851), replacing destroyed predecessor of 1512René II, Duke of Lorraine at Place Saint-Epvre [fr ] , Nancy , by Mathias Schiff (1883)Joan of Arc at Place Jeanne D'Arc, Nancy , by Emmanuel Frémiet (1889), reworked from the earlier Paris versionLe Veneur in front of Château Perrier [fr ] in Épernay , by Pierre Le Nordez (1890)Antoine de Lasalle in Lunéville , by Henri-Louis Cordier [fr ] (1892)Joan of Arc at Place du Parvis, Reims , by Paul Dubois (1896), new cast of the Paris version, erected in 1900Joan of Arc in Mirecourt , by Emmanuel Frémiet (1903), new cast of the Paris versionJoan of Arc at the Ballon d'Alsace , by Mathurin Moreau and Pierre Le Nordez (1906), new cast of the Montebourg versionJoan of Arc in Strasbourg , by Paul Dubois (1897), new cast of the Paris version first erected in front of the Palais du Rhin in 1920, relocated to present site in 1965Joan of Arc in Gandrange , by Mathurin Moreau and Pierre Le Nordez (1921), new cast of the Montebourg versionJoan of Arc in the military cemetery of Plaine , by Xavier Obert (1924)Joan of Arc in Bischoffsheim , by Paul Brutschi (1924)Joan of Arc in Marlenheim , by Alois Ruscher (1948)Joan of Arc in Vaucouleurs , by Georges Halbout (1951), initially erected near the Grande Poste in Algiers and relocated in 1966Lafayette in Metz , by Claude Goutin [fr ] (2004), replacing a recast of Bartlett's Paris statue erected in 1920 and destroyed by German occupation forces in World War II Hauts-de-France Louis I, Duke of Orléans in the Château de Pierrefonds , by Emmanuel Frémiet (1869)Louis Faidherbe in Lille , by Antonin Mercié (1896)José de San Martín in Boulogne-sur-Mer , by Henri Allouard [fr ] (1909)Joan of Arc in Lille , by Emmanuel Frémiet (1912), new cast of the Paris version, stolen in 1918 and replaced in 1925Claude Louis Hector de Villars in Denain , by Henri Gauquié [fr ] (1913), destroyed in 1918 and recast in 1922Joan of Arc in Compiègne , by Emmanuel Frémiet (1930), new cast of the Paris versionFerdinand Foch in Cassel , by Georges Malissard (1928)Douglas Haig in Montreuil-sur-Mer , by Paul Landowski (1931), melted by German occupation forces in 1940 and recast in 1950Ferdinand Foch in Lille , by Edgar-Henri Boutry (1936)Normandie William the Conqueror in Falaise , by the brothers Louis and Charles Rochet (1851)Napoleon in Cherbourg-Octeville , by Armand Le Véel (1858)Napoleon in Rouen , by Vital Gabriel Dubray [fr ] (1865)Joan of Arc in Montebourg , by Mathurin Moreau and Pierre Le Nordez (1899)Bertrand du Guesclin in Caen , by Arthur Le Duc [fr ] (1905)Joan of Arc in Caen , by Joseph Ebstein [fr ] (1931), initially erected in Oran and relocated in 1964Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans at the Château d'Eu , by Carlo Marochetti (1845), second cast of the version now in Neuilly-sur-Seine, initially erected in the Cour Carrée of the Louvre in Paris, relocated to Versailles in 1848[4] and to the present location in 1971Bertrand du Guesclin in
Caen Nouvelle-Aquitaine Occitanie Pays de la Loire Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur Disappeared statues Clovis , Dagobert , and Rudolf of Habsburg on the façade of Strasbourg Cathedral , late 13th or early 14th century,[5] [6] destroyed in December 1793[7] Philip IV the Fair inside Notre-Dame de Paris , wood (14th century), destroyed in the early 1790sCharles VII above the entrance of the Palais Jacques Coeur in Bourges (c.1450), destroyed in 1792Louis XII above the entrance of the Château de Blois , by Guido Mazzoni (1507), destroyed in 1792Duke Antoine of Lorraine above the entrance of the Palais ducal in Nancy , by Mansuy Gauvin [fr ] (1512), destroyed in 1792Henry IV on the Pont Neuf in Paris , by Giambologna and Pietro Tacca (1611), erected in 1614 and destroyed in 1792Louis XIII on the façade of the Hôtel de Ville in Reims , by Nicolas Jacques (1624), destroyed in 1792Louis XIII on Place Royale , now Place des Vosges in Paris , by Daniele da Volterra [8] and Pierre II Biard (1639), destroyed in 1792Louis XIV on Place Royale , now Place de la Libération [fr ] in Dijon , by Étienne Le Hongre (1690), erected in 1750 and destroyed in 1792Louis XIV on Place Louis-le-Grand , now Place Vendôme in Paris , by François Girardon (1699), destroyed in 1792Louis XIV on Place Bellecour in Lyon , by Martin Desjardins (late 17th century), erected in 1713 and destroyed in 1793Louis XIV on the Promenade du Peyrou [fr ] in Montpellier , by Pierre Mazeline [fr ] and Simon Hurtrelle [fr ] (1692), erected in 1718 and destroyed in 1792Louis XIV on Place Royale , now Place du Parlement-de-Bretagne [fr ] in Rennes , by Antoine Coysevox (1693), initially intended for Nantes , erected in 1726 and destroyed in 1793Louis XV on Place Royale , now Place de la Bourse in Bordeaux , by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne , erected in 1743 and destroyed on 20 August 1792Louis XV on Place Louis XV , now Place de la Concorde in Paris , by Edmé Bouchardon and Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1763), destroyed in 1792Napoleon I on Place Napoléon , now Place Carnot in Lyon , by Émilien de Nieuwerkerke (1852), destroyed in 1870-71Diego Velázquez on the Place du Louvre in Paris , by Emmanuel Frémiet (1892), relocated to the Casa de Velázquez in Madrid in the mid-1930s and destroyed during the Spanish Civil War [9] Emperor William I on the Esplanade [fr ] in Metz , by Ferdinand Freiherr von Miller (1892), destroyed in 1918Emperor Frederick III on Kaiserplatz , now Place Raymond-Mondon [fr ] in Metz, by Franz Dorrenbach (1909), destroyed in 1918Emperor William I on Kaiserplatz , now Place de la République in Strasbourg (1911), destroyed in 1918Philip the Fair's statue in Notre-Dame de Paris
Henri IV's statue on the Pont-Neuf in Paris, engraving c.1630
Louis XIII on
Place Royale in Paris, engraving by
Alain Manesson Mallet , 1702
Louis XIV on
Place Louis-le-Grand in Paris, engraving by
Pierre Lepautre , c.1700
Louis XIV in Lyon, by
Jean Audran , 18th century
Louis XIV in Rennes, engraving by Simon Thomassin
[fr ] , 1699
Louis XV in Bordeaux, engraving by
Nicolas-Gabriel Dupuis , 1743
Louis XV on
Place Louis XV in Paris, engraving by
Augustin de Saint-Aubin after
Hubert-François Gravelot , 1766
Nieuwerkerke's Napoleon exhibited on the rond-point des Champs-Élysées in Paris before its erection in Lyon, 1852
William I in Metz, 1905 postcard
William I in Strasbourg, postcard
Destruction of the statue of William I in Strasbourg, photograph by Frédéric Gadmer, 21 November 1918
See also Notes
List of equestrian statues in Europe
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