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GE_110.24: Tour de Babel
(GE_PlanlesOuates_StBernardMenthon_110.24)

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Title

Tour de Babel

Type of Object

Artist / Producer

Studio

Chiara, Lausanne

Dating

1964

Dimensions

150 x 53 cm

Location

Eglise Saint-Bernard de Menthon, Plan-les-Ouates

Place

Nef, e VIII

Inventory

Geneva (Canton)

Iconography

Description

Un architecte, plan en mains, est en discussion avec un homme alors que deux ouvriers portent des poutres pour la construction de la tour de Babel à l’arrière plan.

Iconclass Code

71B42 · the Tower of Babel

Inscription

BABEL (en bas à droite)

Signature

Paul Monnier / VI – 64 (en bas au centre)

Technique / State

Technique

Vitrail au plomb, grisaille

History

Research

Source biblique : Genèse 11, 1-9

Dating

1964

Bibliography and Sources

Literature

Abbé Pierre Vermot : fondateur et premier curé de la paroisse de Saint-Bernard de Menthon, Plan-les-Ouates/Genève, 1987, pp. 11-17

Armand Brulhart et Erica Deuber-Pauli, “Commune de Plan-les-Ouates”, in Ville et canton de Genève, coll. “Arts et monuments”, SHAS, Berne, (1ère éd. 1985) 1993, p. 310

Image Information

Name of Image

GE_PlanlesOuates_StBernardMenthon_110.24

Credits

© APAS (Association pour la Promotion de l'Art Sacré), Genève – photographe : Cyrille Girardet, Veyrier

Date

2011

Copyright

© Ayants droit

Inventory

Reference Number

GE_110.24

Author and Date of Entry

Valérie Sauterel 2014