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Statues sur la façade occidentale de la Cathédrale

Statues at the west façade of the Cathedral

Joseph-Hugues Fabisch
1867

Lyon / Statues sur la façade occidentale de la Cathédrale

Description

Most of the statues on the main façade of the Cathedral disappeared or are too damaged to recognized. Only the top gable shows three statues. On the top sits the Eternal Father, and on consules are two statues representing the Annunciation: Saint Mary and the Archangel Gabriel. The three statues by Fabisch replace the statue by Hugonin Navarre of 1481, which were destroyed for the largest part in the 16th century.

Lyon - Saints à la Cathédrale (façade ouest)
Le Père Éternel / Eternal Father
With the papal tiara and sitting with a staff in his left hand and making a blessing gesture with his right hand.

Lyon - Saints à la Cathédrale (façade ouest)
Gabriel
St. Mary

Annonciation : une statue de la Vierge et une statue de l'Ange Gabriel / Annunciation: a statue of the Virgin Mary and one of the Archangel Gabriel

Artist

Joseph-Hugues Fabisch (Aix-en-Provence 1812 - Lyon 1886), French sculptor (Wikipedia – Musée du Diocèse de Lyon).

Sources & Information

Séverine Penlou, Rôles et fonctions de la sculpture religieuse à Lyon de 1850 à 1914 (thèse Lyon 2, 2008) (PDF on-line), cat. 907 and 910.

Location (N 45°45'39" - E 4°49'37") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frra334; Photograph: 18 August 2018
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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