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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
    Stained glass
    Artist / Producer
    Gherri-Moro, Bruno
    Dating
    1958
    Dimensions
    395 x 70 cm (lancette)
    Location
    Basilique Notre-Dame, Genève
    Place
    Transept, S VI
    Inventory
    Geneva (Canton)

    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 (+ variant)
    11HH · female saints
    11QQ14 · martyr(s) (often with palm-branches) - QQ - female martyr
    46C24 · sailing-ship, sailing-boat
    Iconclass Keywords
    portrait · sailing-ship · variant · woman · yacht
    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
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