Monument to Victor Schœlcher, Cayenne

has description | a une description: The monument depicts Victor Schœlcher raising his right arm to the sky, “showing, on the horizon, incipient liberty” (inauguration speech by the Governor of French Guiana) and wrapping his left arm, in a paternalistic gesture, around the shoulders of a young black man dressed in a loincloth, wearing broken chains on his feet. With his hand over his heart, the young man looks gratefully at Schœlcher.
was commissioned by | a été commandé par: Committee for the erection of a statue to Schœlcher, Cayenne, founded in the spring of 1894.
has current owner | est actuellement possédée par: Public (City/Town)
protected by | protégé par: Inscription on the list of buildings protected under the legislation on historic monuments, decree of August 16, 1995.
Classification on the list of buildings protected under the legislation on historic monuments, decree of March 9, 1999.
has current location | a pour localisation actuelle: Guyane française
has dimension (height (cm)) | a pour dimension (hauteur (cm)): H. 2,30 ; L. 1,17 ; P. 0,80 m.
was discussed by | a été contesté par: 2017, The monument to Schœlcher is adorned with a hood and black and red jerseys; 2020, The Schœlcher monument is coated in red paint; 2020, Le monument à Schœlcher est renversé; 2024, An ephemeral collaborative sculpture representing the peoples of French Guiana is installed where the statue of Schœlcher once stood

depicts | figure: Schœlcher, Victor
shows visual item | présente l'item visuel: man; enslaved person; chains; nudity
consists of | consiste en: bronze
was produced by | a été produit par: Barrias, Louis-Ernest
has production plan | a un plan de production: 2.30 m. high plaster model of Barrias (now in the Musée de Bourbon-Lancy in Saône-et-Loire), cast by Parisian foundryman Barbedienne in 1896.

has inscription | a une inscription: TO / VICTOR SCHOELCHER / GRATEFUL GUYANA / THE REPUBLIC / NO LONGER INTENDS TO MAKE DISTINCTIONS / WITHIN THE HUMAN FAMILY / IT EXCLUDES NO ONE / FROM ITS IMMORTAL MOTTO / LIBERTY EQUALITY FRATERNITY / EXCERPT FROM M. SCHOELCHER'S REPORT
has time capsule | a une capsule temporelle: no

is referred to by | est référencé par: A nos Grands Hommes; Fondation pour la mémoire de l'esclavage; Judith Kagan, « Bronze cassé ? Bronze caché ? Bronze classé ! La protection de la statuaire monumentale au titre des monuments historiques en France - un exemple lointain d'intérêt historique majeur », dans Catherine Chevillot (dir.) et Laure de Margerie (dir.), La sculpture au xixe siècle : Mélanges pour Anne Pingeot, Paris, Nicolas Chaudun, 2008.

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