FCSVE2803100 - Chartres: Cathedral of Notre-Dame


Title of Work Miscellaneous Sculpture- Exterior Title of Image North Nave: Figure on the end of a buttress Date 1225-35 Description Miscellaneous Sculpture: Exterior North Nave Bearded bishop in an aedicule at the end of the central of five buttresses. He holds a crosier(?) with one hand and makes a gesture (of blessing?) with the other. Beneath his feet is a grotesque creature. Country France Location Chartres Monument Cathedral of Notre-Dame Style Gothic Type of Work Sculpture Category of Work Archivolts Material Glass Condition Extensively restored Subject Cathédrale de Chartres--Pictorial works.;Church decoration and ornament--France--Chartres--Pictorial works.;Church architecture--France--Chartres--Pictorial works.;Christian art and symbolism--France--Chartres--Medieval, 500-1500--Pictorial works. Bibliography Information Photographer Philip Maye Copyright Information Identifier FCSVE2803100
Chartres: Cathedral of Notre-Dame

North Nave: Figure on the end of a buttress