The Queens of France and Famous Women (Reines de France et Femmes illustres) is a group of sculptures in the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris. It consists of 20 marble sculptures arranged around a large pond in front of the Palais du Luxembourg. Louis-Philippe I chose the women to be portrayed and most of the sculptures were commissioned around 1843, for around 12,000 francs each, and generally exhibited in the Paris Salons of 1847 or 1848.
The series originally included an 1852 statue of Joan of Arc by François Rude, which was moved to the Louvre in 1872 because it was considered too fragile to remain outdoors. The French government commissioned a substitute of Margaret of Anjou for 7,000 francs from Taluet, who completed it in 1877. It was exhibited at the 1895 Salon.
Clockwise starting at the northeast, the figures are:
| Disposition |
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| Name | Image | inscription | Sculptor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Balthild (c.630-680) Regent of France | Victor Thérasse 1848 | ||
| Bertrada (720-783) queen of France | Eugène Oudiné 1848 | ||
| Matilda (c.1031-1083) Duchess of Normandy | Jean-Jacques Elshoecht 1848 | ||
| Saint Genevieve (423-512) Patron saint of Paris | Michel-Louis Victor Mercier 1845 | ||
| Mary Stuart (1542–1587) queen of France | Jean-Jacques Feuchère 1846 | ||
| Jeanne d'Albret (1528–1572) Queen of Navarre | Jean-Louis Brian 1848 | ||
| Clémence Isaure | Antoine-Augustin Préault 1848 | ||
| Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans (1627–1693) Duchesse de Montpensier | Camille Demesmay 1848 | ||
| Louise of Savoy (1476–1531) Regent of France | Auguste Clésinger 1851 | ||
| Margaret of Anjou (1429–1482) Queen of England with her son Edward | Ferdinand Taluet 1877 | ||
| Laure de Noves (1307–1348) | Auguste Ottin 1848 | ||
| Marie de Médicis (1573–1642) queen of France | Louis-Denis Caillouette 1847 | ||
| Marguerite d'Angoulême (1492–1549) Queen of Navarre | Joseph-Stanislas Lescorné 1848 | ||
| Valentina of Milan (1370–1408) Duchess of Orléans | Victor Huguenin 1846 | ||
| Anne of France (1460–1522) Regent of France | Jacques-Édouard Gatteaux 1847 | ||
| Blanche of Castile (1188–1252) queen of France | Auguste Dumont 1848 | ||
| Anne of Austria (1601–1666) queen of France | Joseph-Marius Ramus 1847 | ||
| Anne of Brittany (1477–1514) queen of France | Jean-Baptiste Joseph Debay 1846 | ||
| Margaret of Provence (1219–1295) queen of France | Honoré Husson 1847 | ||
| Saint Clotilde (465-545) queen of France | Jean-Baptiste-Jules Klagmann 1847 |
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