Fresco, Basilique Notre-Dame-de-l'Immaculee-Conception
Presentation of the Virgin in the temple, detail of a fresco by Charles Soulacroix, 1825-99, in the third apse chapel, in the Basilique Notre-Dame-de-l'Immaculee-Conception or Basilica of Notre-Dame de Boulogne, a Roman Catholic cathedral built 1827-63 in Neoclassical style by Benoit-Agathon Haffreingue, in Boulogne, Pas de Calais, France. The fresco depicts a young Virgin holding a candle and wearing a crown of flowers, greeted by the high priest and Levis. St Anne and St Joachim are on the left. Charles Soulacroix, a sculptor, was commissioned in 1863-65 by Haffreingue to decorate the 6 apse chapels, these being his first frescoes. The cathedral is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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1827-63 Apse Basilique Benoit-agathon Boulogne Boulogne-sur-mer Calais Cote Dopale Haffreingue Hauts Hauts-de-france Joachim Levi Monseigneur Neoclassical Neoclassicism Notre-dame-de-limmaculee-conception Pas-de-calais Soulacroix
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