Jeanne d'Arc at Domrémy Listening to the Heavenly Voice

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Date:
1870

Type:
Statue

Materials:
Bronze, granite

Measurements:

Betegnelse:
On the top of the left side of the bronze base: "H Chapu"

Inscription:
On the front of the granite plinth inscribed: "H. Chapu, Jeanne d Arc"

Owner:
Copenhagen Municipality

Donated by:
The Albertina Foundation

Prework:
1872, no 1595 and in the 1878 World Fair no. 1136.
Marble, Chantilly
Plaster, Musée Henri Chapy, Le Mée
Fired clay, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes
Marble, H. 116. Carved 1886-87. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Inv. no. 494
Bronze. Châlons-sur-Marne

Address:
The Ørsted Park

Recommended litterature:
Ellinor Wesche: Friluftskunsten i København, København 1932, 53. Charles Haugbøll: Ørstedsparken, København 1933, 30, 46-47, 49. Monumenter Mindesmærker og Statuer i København Frederiksberg og Gjentofte, København 1944, 30. Legatet 'Albertina'. I anledning af legatets 80 aars dag den 18. november 1959, København 1959, 8, 10. Hovedstadens monumenter mindetavler museer. En vejviser, København 1962, 66. Bent Zinglersen: Københavnske monumenter og mindesmærker, København 1974, 221. Bo Wennberg: French and Scandinavian Sculpture in the Nineteenth Century. A Study of Trends and Innovations, Stockholm & Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, 1978, 73, 95, 156-58, 167. Dyveke Helsted, Torben Holck Colding & Torben Melander: Albertina. Et legats historie gennem 100 år 1879-1979, København 1979, 36-37. Anne-Birgitte Fonsmark i: Katalog. Fransk skulptur, 2, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek 1999, nr. 25

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The national heroine of France, Jeanne d'Arc (1412-31) sought with God's help to lead the French to victory over the English. In 1429 she accompanied the army to Orleans, and on 29 April she rode into the city. She was finally burned at the stake as a heretic.

Here, we see the visionary peasant girl humbly listening to the voice of God, telling her to save her native land from disaster. Against the background of the Franco-German war, the figure was seen as a symbol of resistance and hope, and the statue exists in numerous casts in France and all over the world.