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Ambronay
Ain
Rhône-Alpes

Place de l'Abbaye
(Église de l'Assomption de Notre-Dame)

La Vierge à l'enfant, La résurrection des morts & la Vie de la Vierge

Saint Mary, The Resurrection of the dead & The Life of St. Mary

Jean-Antoine Cubisole & Medieval artist
13th century and 1855

Ambronay / La Vierge à l'enfant, La résurrection des morts & la Vie de la Vierge

Description

The lintels of the both entrances of the Église de l'Assomption de Notre-Dame are adorned with reliefs showing scenes from the life of Saint Mary. These lintels date from the 13th century. On the trumeau of the right entrance is a statue of Saint Mary with Child, dated 1855

Ambronay - La résurrection des morts & la Vie de la Vierge
Left lintel: La Vie de Marie / The Life of St. Mary

Ambronay - La résurrection des morts & la Vie de la Vierge
Right lintel: La résurrection des morts selon Ézéchiel / Resurrection of the dead according to Ezechiel

Signature

(statue of Mary) cubisole 1855

Sculptors

Jean-Antoine Cubisole or Cubizolle (Monistrol, haute Loire - Le Puy-en-Velay 1877), French sculptor.
Unknown medieval artist.

Locatie (N 46°0'25" - E 5°21'40") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frra296; Photograph: 17 August 2018
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