Arrest of St Firmin, choir screen, Amiens Cathedral
The arrest and beheading of Saint Firmin, Gothic style polychrome high-relief sculpture from the funerary monument of Ferry de Beauvoir, 1490, in the first intercolumniation of the choir screen in the south ambulatory, depicting the life of St Firmin, at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. St Firmin, 272-303 AD, was the first bishop of Amiens. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13429931
Media ID
45103620
Size
4758px x 5457px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
