Joan of Arc, Gilded Bronze, by Emmanuel Frémiet, 1874
In about 1874, Emmanuel Frémiet (French, 1824 – 1910) created a model for a life-size statue of Joan of Arc, the medieval hero who fought to liberate France. Six large-scale casts were eventually commissioned, including ones for Paris and … Continue reading
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