Carrying relics of St Firmin, choir screen, Amiens
Carrying the relics of St Firmin to Amiens, Gothic style polychrome high-relief sculpture from the South side of the choir screen, 1490-1530, commissioned by canon Adrien de Henencourt, 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
13430687
Media ID
45099029
Size
5616px x 3744px
(6.2MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
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