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GE_104.07: Vierge en gloire et Dormition de la Vierge
(GE_Hermance_StGeorges_104.07)

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Title

Vierge en gloire et Dormition de la Vierge

Type of Object
Artist / Producer
Studio
Dating
1975
Dimensions
Env. 550 x 250 cm
Location
Place
Chapelle de la Visitation dite Sainte-Catherine, e II
Inventory

Iconography

Description

En haut, la Vierge, coiffée d’une couronne byzantine et vêtue d’un manteau constellé d’étoiles, est entouré de deux anges jouant de la trompette. En bas, le corps de la Vierge , les mains croisées est présenté sur un lit. Dix apôtres l’entourent en prière (en bas). Les symboles de la Trinité (Dieu le père, la croix, l’agneau et la colombe du Saint-Esprit) figurent dans les remplages.

Iconclass Code
11F4135 · 'Marianum', Madonna in aureole or mandorla (surrounded by the rosary), Mary in the Glory
73E74 · the Dormition: Mary on her deathbed; the apostles are gathered around her (John the Evangelist may be shown sleeping or dreaming)
Iconclass Keywords
Inscription

Aucune

Signature

VITRAUX / FLECKNER / FRIBOURG / 1975 (en bas à gauche) // Januarius di / Decarli / peintre (en bas à droite)

Technique / State

Technique

Vitrail au plomb, grisaille

History

Dating
1975

Bibliography and Sources

Literature

Armand Brulhart et Erica Deuber-Pauli, “Avusy”, in Ville et canton de Genève, coll. “Arts et monuments”, SHAS, Berne, (1ère éd. 1985) 1993, p. 253-254

Denise Bernasconi, Restauration extérieure de l’église d’Hermance, Tribune de Genève, 17 décembre 2008

Image Information

Name of Image
GE_Hermance_StGeorges_104.07
Credits
© APAS (Association pour la Promotion de l'Art Sacré), Genève – photographe : Cyrille Girardet, Veyrier
Date
2011

Inventory

Reference Number
GE_104.07
Author and Date of Entry
Valérie Sauterel 2014