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Title:
Joan of Arc
Artist:
Fremiet (1824-1910),Emmanuel
Date:
1890
Materials:
gilded bronze, granite base
Location:
25th Street & Kelly Drive
District:
5
Description:

Originally installed in 1890 at the Girard Avenue bridge, Joan of Arc (French Jeanne d'Arc) was relocated in 1960 to its current location near the Philadelphia Museum of Art.  Sculptor Emmanuel Fremiet depicted the heroine Joan of Arc on a horse holding a flag in her raised right hand.  A similar statue can be seen at the Place de Pyramides in Paris, France where it was installed c.1873. 

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