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    GE_29.06: Scènes de la Genèse
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    Title

    Scènes de la Genèse

    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
    Nef, s I
    Inventory
    Geneva (Canton)

    Iconography

    Description

    Des rectangles décoratifs s’alternent à des rectangles illustrant des scènes de la Genèse. De haut en bas : Adam et Eve, Caïn et Abel, le songe de Jacob. Une épée flamboyante et un serpent apparaissent entre chaque scène.

    Iconclass Code
    11I62(ADAM & EVE) · Adam and Eve (not in biblical context)
    25F42 · snakes
    45C13(SWORD) · hacking and thrusting weapons: sword
    48A981 · ornament ~ geometric motifs
    71A8 · the story of Cain and Abel (Genesis 4:3-17)
    71C3121 · the dream of Jacob: while sleeping on the ground with a stone for pillow Jacob sees a ladder reaching from earth to heaven with angels going up and down; usually with God at the top of the ladder
    Iconclass Keywords
    Abel · abstract art · Adam · angel · ascending · Cain · descending · dream · Eve · Genesis 04 · geometry · God · heaven · Jacob's ladder · ladder · sleeping · snake · stone · sword · top
    Inscription

    Aucune

    Signature

    E. Hermès peintre 1933 / C. Wasem verrier Genève (cartouche en haut à droite)

    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_29.06
    Credits
    © APAS (Association pour la Promotion de l'Art Sacré), Genève – photographe : Cyrille Girardet, Veyrier
    Date
    2006
    Copyright
    © Ayants droit

    Inventory

    Reference Number
    GE_29.06
    Author and Date of Entry
    Valérie Sauterel 2008
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