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Place de l'Hôpital (2e)
(Chapelle de l'Hôtel-Dieu)

Piéta

Pieta

The Pietà (Italian for pity) is a subject in Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus
(Wikipedia)

Joseph-Hugues Fabisch
1853-54

Description

Stone relief in the tympanum of the Chapel of the Hôtel-Dieu.

Artist

Joseph-Hugues Fabisch (Aix-en-Provence 1812 - Lyon 1886), French sculptor (Wikipedia – Musée du Diocèse de Lyon).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Chapelle de l'Hôtel-Dieu (Lyon).
Séverine Penlou, Rôles et fonctions de la sculpture religieuse à Lyon de 1850 à 1914 (thèse Lyon 2, 2008) (PDF on-line), cat. 222.
Catherine de Rivaz, et al., Guide des Madones de Lyon (Lyon, 2008), p. 103.

Location (N 45°45'31" - E 4°50'13") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frra032; Photograph: 10 August 2018
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