Description
Vendôme Chapel- Exterior Sculpture
Upper Left: Angel of the Annunciation to the Virgin (Luke 1:26-8)
A bareheaded angel Gabriel carries a rod- shaped object, the top of which has been broken off (a herald’s staff? a lily?) The angel looks to the right, where a statue of Mary stands on the other side of the chapel
(Please ignore the pigeon)
Louis de Bourbon donated this chapel in 1417. Restored in 1872.
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.
