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GE_18.54: Saint Louis, sainte Suzanne, saint Jacquesle Majeur et siant Pierre
(GE_Geneve_BasiliqueNotreDame_18.54)

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Title

Saint Louis, sainte Suzanne, saint Jacques le Majeur et saint Pierre

Type of Object
Artist / Producer
Dating
1958
Dimensions
395 x 70 cm (lancette)
Location
Place
Transept, S VI
Inventory

Iconography

Description

Sur la lancette de gauche, en haut, saint Louis en armure tient un sceptre. Au-dessus une couronne. En bas, sainte Suzanne tient la palme du martyr. A ses pieds, une soeur agenouillée en prière reçoit une corbeille de fruits d’un ange. Sur la lancette de droite, Jacques le Majeur, vêtu en habit de pèlerin, avec le bâton, porte une bourse et une cape. Au-dessus, un bateau à voile. En bas, saint Pierre debout pose sa main gauche sur l’épaule d’un homme agenouillé. A gauche, la basilique Saint-Pierre de Rome.

Iconclass Code
11H(JAMES THE GREAT)9 · the apostle James the Great; possible attributes: book, pilgrim's cloak, hat, shell, staff, and wallet, scroll, sword - portrait of male saint
11H(LOUIS OF TOULOUSE)9 · Louis of Anjou, son of the king of Naples, Franciscan friar, and bishop of Toulouse; possible attributes: fleur-de-lis on his cope, crown and sceptre - portrait of male saint
11H(PETER)4(+0) · the apostle Peter, first bishop of Rome; possible attributes: book, cock, (upturned) cross, (triple) crozier, fish, key, scroll, ship, tiara - non-miraculous activities and events ~ male saint
11HH · female saints
11QQ14 · martyr(s) (often with palm-branches) - QQ - female martyr
46C24 · sailing-ship, sailing-boat
Iconclass Keywords
Inscription

Sus LUDOVICUS / Sta suzanna (sous chaque saint, lancette de gauche) // Sus JACOBUS / Sus PETRUS (sous chaque saint, lancette de droite)

Signature

B. Gherri. Moro Venetus / 1958 (en bas à gauche sur la lancette de gauche)

Technique / State

Technique

Vitrail au plomb, grisaille

History

Research

Vitrail restauré en 1981 par Françoise Hug, Genève

Dating
1958

Bibliography and Sources

Literature

Abbé Lany, Notre-Dame de Genève: notice, Genève, 1868

Edmond Ganter, “Alexandre-Charles Grigny (1815-1867) architecte de l’église Notre-Dame de Genève”, in Genava – Genève, tome 26, Genève, 1978, pp. 277-285

Armand Brulhart et Erica Deuber-Pauli, “Rive droite”, in Ville et canton de Genève, coll. “Arts et monuments”, SHAS, Berne, (1ère éd. 1985) 1993, pp. 147-148

Claude Lapaire, Notre-Dame de Genève, Paroisse Notre-Dame, Genève, 2000

Anastazja Winiger-Labuda (coord.), “La basilique Notre-Dame”, in Genève, Saint-Gervais: du bourg au quartier, coll. “Les monuments d’art et d’histoire du canton de Genève”, tome 2, SHAS, Berne, 2001, pp. 152-167

Catherine Courtiau, La Basilique Notre-Dame de Genève, SHAS, Berne, 2013

Image Information

Name of Image
GE_Geneve_BasiliqueNotreDame_18.54
Credits
© APAS (Association pour la Promotion de l'Art Sacré), Genève – photographe : Cyrille Girardet, Veyrier
Date
2006

Inventory

Reference Number
GE_18.54
Author and Date of Entry
Valérie Sauterel 2014