MARIE, princesse d'Orléans (1813-1839), d'après - Lot 241

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MARIE, princesse d'Orléans (1813-1839), d'après - Lot 241
MARIE, princesse d'Orléans (1813-1839), d'après *Jeanne d'Arc in prayer wearing armour. Gold bronze, chased, resting on a square white marble column base. Accidents to the base, as is. French work, late 19th century. H.: 49 cm - W.: 19.5 cm - D.: 15.5 cm. Reference: Endowed with a definite artistic talent, Princess Marie was a pupil of Ary Scheffer and David d'Angers. Practising sculpture and drawing, she left several versions of this famous Joan of Arc, most of which are on display in the Museum of Dordrecht in the Netherlands and in several private collections. The original of this marble statue, executed in 1837, was commissioned by King Louis-Philippe on 30 December 1836 for the historical galleries of Versailles, and was made by Auguste Trouchaud after the model of Marie d'Orléans. The princess had begun her work on 23 September 1835. Several models of the marble version were subsequently executed, in bisque in 1844, then in bronze of various sizes, notably by the Maison Susse Frères in Paris regularly during the second half of the 19th century. It was admired by all at its inauguration in Versailles on 10 June 1837, on the occasion of the marriage of his brother, the Duke of Orleans. History: The Prince of Joinville, the artist's uncle, noted in his Memoirs published in 1886, entitled Old Memories: "I remember one morning our sorrow when we found that Joan of Arc, which Marie made for Versailles and which was made of wax, had softened by an overheated calorifier and had collapsed along the frame....with the help of a lower temperature and a jack, placed in a certain way that Scheffer and I manoeuvred, Joan of Arc climbed up on her arcature and everything was soon repaired".
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