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    GE_29.10: Evangélistes et saint Georges
    (GE_Geneve_TempleStJean_29.10)

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    Title

    Evangélistes et saint Georges

    Type of Object
    Stained glass
    Artist / Producer
    Hermès, Erich
    Studio
    Wasem, Veyrier
    Dating
    [1933]
    Dimensions
    350 x 92 cm
    Location
    Temple de Saint-Jean, Genève
    Place
    Tribune, s V
    Inventory
    Geneva (Canton)

    Iconography

    Description

    Des rectangles décoratifs s’alternent à des rectangles illustrant les évangélistes et un saint. De haut en bas : saint Matthieu et l’ange, saint Jean et l’aigle, saint Luc et le boeuf, saint Marc et le lion, saint Georges tuant le dragon.

    Iconclass Code
    11H(GEORGE)41 · St. George and the dragon: dressed in armour and mounted on a (white) horse he brandishes his sword (his lance lies already broken on the ground); the princess nearby may be shown praying or fleeing
    11I421 · eagle (possibly with book) ~ symbol of St. John
    11I422 · ox (possibly with book) ~ symbol of St. Luke
    11I423 · lion (possibly with book) ~ symbol of St. Mark
    11I424 · angel (possibly with book) ~ symbol of St. Matthew
    48A981 · ornament ~ geometric motifs
    Iconclass Keywords
    abstract art · angel · armour · eagle · fleeing · geometry · John (St.) · killing (animal) · lion · Luke (St.) · Mark (St.) · Matthew (St.) · ox · praying · princess · riding (on horseback) · sword
    Inscription

    Aucune

    Signature

    Aucune

    Technique / State

    Technique

    Vitrail au plomb, grisaille

    History

    Dating
    [1933]

    Bibliography and Sources

    Literature

    Robert Maes, L’art dans les temples des cantons de Genève et Vaud, Architecture, Vitraux, Décoration, mémoire de licence polycopié, Université de Genève, faculté de théologie, Genève, 1940, pp. 79-87

    Marguerite Maire, Edmond Barde et Max Dominicé, “Saint-Jean”, in Temples de Genève, A. Jullien, Genève, 1950, pp. 40-44

    Armand Brulhart et Erica Deuber-Pauli, “Rue de Saint-Jean et rond-point Jean-Jacques”, in Ville et canton de Genève, coll. “Arts et monuments”, SHAS, Berne, (1ère éd. 1985) 1993, p. 233

    Image Information

    Name of Image
    GE_Geneve_TempleStJean_29.10
    Credits
    © APAS (Association pour la Promotion de l'Art Sacré), Genève – photographe : Cyrille Girardet, Veyrier
    Date
    2006
    Copyright
    © Ayants droit

    Inventory

    Reference Number
    GE_29.10
    Author and Date of Entry
    Valérie Sauterel 2008
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