| Title: | Christ treading on beasts |
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| Notes: | Trumeau, central portal, west facade: beneath architectural canopy, Christ, book in left hand, right hand raised, standing on a lion and a dragon. Underneath him, within architectural frame, stands a crowned king holding a scepter and a scroll, possibly Solomon or David [ICAD] Donated by James T. Womack and Anne Richardson, Nashville, TN. |
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| Date: | 1220-1240 |
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| Building: | Cathédrale d'Amiens
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| Object/Function: | Relief sculpture |
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| Material: | Stone |
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| City/Town: | Amiens
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| Country: | France
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| Person as Subject: | Jesus Christ (Biblical figure)
David, King of Israel (Biblical figure)
Solomon, King of Israel (Biblical figure)
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| General Subject: | Kingship
Beasts
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| Library of Congress Subject: | Christian art and symbolism -- France -- Amiens -- Medieval, 500-1500
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| Index of Christian Art Number: | 20 A51 CND 14W,001 A5
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https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=29330
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| Copyright Source: | image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson |
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| Copyright Permission: | Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Attribution: | Christ treading on beasts, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=29330 [retrieved May 28, 2023]. Original source: image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson. |
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| Record Number: | 29330
Last Updated: 2022-06-19 18:19:33
Record Created: 2003-04-26 00:00:00 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Unit:
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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| Bibliographic Source: | Index of Christian Art. Princeton University. http://ica.princeton.edu/ |
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