Jeanne d'Arc écoutant les voix: M.3-1943

Titles

Jeanne d'Arc écoutant les voix
Translated as: Joan of Arc listening to the voices
(Joan of Arc listening to the voices)

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Bastien-Lepage, Jules

Entities

• Figure

Categories

• Sculpture

Description

Bronze, cast. Jeanne leans on a thin staff, held by both hands against her chest. She stands with her left leg slightly forwards and the weight of her body on her right leg. Her body is hidden in the thick folds of a long cloak. On a shallow circular bronze base, cast in one with the figure, except for a small segment of the base which is cast separately.

Notes

History note: Purchased from Barbizon Galleries, St James' Square, London.

Legal notes

Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1943) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

19th Century, second half#
Circa 1850 CE - 1884 CE

Note

The work was executed towards the end of the artist's life and one of the few sculptures undertaken by him. The plaster is in the possession of descendants of the artist. The bronze is believed to be one of twelve cast from it.