Emmanuel Frémiet’s portrayal of the French heroine Joan of Arc contrasts sharply with Auguste Rodin’s monument to her, both of which are on view in “Rethinking the Modern Monument” at the Rodin Museum.
A much larger version of Fremiet’s statue came to Philadelphia in 1890 when it was purchased by the Fairmount Park Art Association (now the Association of Public Art) on behalf of the city’s French community. You’ve probably seen it on Kelly Drive near the museum.
“Joan of Arc,” modeled in clay around 1874 by Emmanuel Frémiet, cast in bronze and gilded after 1910 by Ferdinand Barbedienne
“Head of Sorrow (Joan of Arc),” modeled in clay around 1882 and enlarged 1905 by Auguste Rodin, cast in bronze 1925 by Alexis Rudier
