Saint Michael slaying the dragon (Chapelle Saint-Michel, Notre-Dame de Nevers abbey)
Date :
Entre 1125 et 1150
Type of image :
Bas-relief
Limestone, traces of polychromy, putty
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
80x70 cm
Storage Location :
Main number : RF 1427
Description
History :
2. The chapel was used as a barn and wine press after 1776;
The abbey became national property at the Revolution, the chapel was sold on June 10, 1796 to Pierre-Antoine Regnaudin, converted into a store, partly demolished in the second half of the 19th century ;
The relief was moved around 1880;
collection of architect Jean-Baptiste Massillon-Rouvet, Nevers;
temporary deposit at Nevers Cathedral at the end of the 19th century;
collection Emile Molinier, Paris;
sale, Paris, Galeries Durand Ruel, June 21-28, 1906, no. 369.
Acquired by the museum at this sale (committee of June 16, 1906, decree of August 2, 1906).
Technical Data
Notice #024628
Image editing :
Image web
Copyright / Photographer :
Licence CC0 1.0 universel
Bibliography :
Nicolas Bianchi, De la caricature de guerre au roman national, Numéro Illustrer le roman national, 2025