Notre Dame de Rouen. The façade of the Gothic Church in France. Photographer: Hippo1947. Licence: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Tuesday, 1 October 2024

Church Of Sainte Etienne du Mont, Paris. Artist: Émile-Antoine-François Herson. Date: 1864.



Sainte Etienne du Mont, Paris.
Date: 1864.
Collection: Walters Art Museum.
Credit Line: Commissioned by William T. Walters, 1864.
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Text from Wikipedia, the free encyclopædia.

Saint-Étienne-du-Mont is a Church in Paris, France, on the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève in the 5th arrondissement, near the Panthéon

It contains the Shrine of Saint Geneviève, the Patron Saint of Paris. The Church also contains the tombs of Blaise Pascal and Jean Racine. Jean-Paul Marat is buried in the Church’s cemetery.


English: The stoning of Saint Stephen. Sculpted by Gabriel-Jules Thomas, 1863. Lunette of the Great West Door of the Church of Saint-Etienne du Mont (“Saint Stephen in the Mountain”), in Paris.
Français: La lapidation de Saint-Étienne par Gabriel-Jules Thomas, 1863. Lunette du portail de l’église Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, à Paris.

The sculpted Tympanum, “The Stoning of Saint Stephen”, is the work of French sculptor Gabriel-Jules Thomas.

Renowned Organist, Composer, and improviser, Maurice Duruflé, held the Post of Titular Organist at Saint-Étienne-du-Mont from 1929 until his death in 1986.

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