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Nord - Pas-de-Calais

Avenue de la Victoire
(Tour de la Cathedrale Notre-Dame-de-Grâce)

Notre Dame et les Quatre Évangelistes

Our Lady and the Four Evangelists

artist unknown
1876/77

Cambrai / Notre Dame et les Quatre Évangelistes

Description

The clocktower of the Cathedral Notre-Dame-de-Grâce was built in 1876. It has on the top of the spire a copper statue of Our Lady, dating from 1877. This statue is 3.5 meters tall.

On the four corners of the top statues of the symbols of the Evangelists, each accompanied by a shield with the initials of the saint (SJ, SL, and twice SM).

Cambrai - Notre Dame et les Quatre Évangelistes
NW: 'SJ' Eagle (St. John the Evangelist).

SW: 'SL' Bull (St. Luke).

SE: 'SM' Lion (St. Mark)

NE: 'SM' Angel (St. Matthew)

Below the top is on all four sides a circular window with a half figure relief of Saint Mary and Child, based on the 'Cambrai Madonna' - a 14th century replica of the Eleusa icon of the Virgin of Tenderness (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce) (Wikipedia). All four sides are identical.

Cambrai - Notre Dame et les Quatre Évangelistes
west

south

east

north

Sculptor

Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Sources & Information

e-Monumen.net, Monumen (Statue of Our Lady).
Portail de la Liturgie Catholique, La statue Notre-Dame de la Cathédrale de Cambrai restaurée.
ASPECambrésis, Cathédrale Notre Dame.
Wikipedia, Cathedrale Notre-Dame-de-Grâce de Cambrai.

Locatie (N 50°10'20" - E 3°13'59") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frnp079; Photograph: 17 October 2017
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