Saint-Michel de Dijon
unknown (French)
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Alternative Title
St Michel, Dijon
Date
1499-1513Description
Frontal view, looking down the nave towards the entry; The wealth of Dijon's middle classes, retail tradesmen to the duke, lawyers and financiers, was spent on fine houses, such as the Hôtel Chambellan, and to the construction of St Michel, where Abbot Richard Chambellan replaced a small Carolingian church with a vast Flamboyant edifice. It was built and vaulted between 1499 and 1513, and it was provided in 1537-1541 with a Renaissance façade with a magnificent Last Judgement carved on the tympanum by Nicolas de la Cour (1550). Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/
Type of Work
churchSubject
architectural exteriors, Gothic (Medieval), Flamboyant
Rights
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