Chapel of the Couvent des Benedictines du Calvaire, Angers
Rapture of Mary Magdalene, statue in polychrome and gilded wood, 15th century, in the chapel of the Couvent des Benedictines du Calvaire d'Angers, a Benedictine convent built 1620-23 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The statue was originally in the convent of La Baumette. It was thrown in the Maine during the French Revolution, saved and given to the Sisters of Calvary in 1820. The convent was founded by the prince of Guemene Pierre Rohan and his wife Antoinette de Bretagne and built by Vincent Camus. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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