Renaissance Monument in Benedictine Church, Fecamp, Normandy
date: label: Date
content: 1798
name: label: Architect
content: Auguste-Pierre Sainte-Marie Famin, French, 1776 – 1859
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Elevation of a Reniassance monument. The monument is a vertical rectangle. The lowest portion is a base, with the inscription: CE MONUMENT QUI PAROIT ETRE UN TOMBEAU A ETE CONSTRUIT EN 1425 DANS L'EGLISE/DES BENEDICTINS DE FESCAMP EN NORMANDIE SOUS LES ORDRES DE ROBERT CHARDI. Above the base is a wide frieze, divided into three parts by short piers and decorated with arabesque designs and coats of arms (possibly). In the central section of the monument, at the center, in relief, is a depiction of a woman. The image is framed and positioned between two piers (decorated). On either side of this central grouping is a candelabrum in relief. On the base of the left candelabrum the inscription reads: ROUEN; while on the base of the right candelabrum it reads: VERNON. The top of the monument includes a balustrade with two carved panels and a central, arched frame in which a bust of a bearded man above an eagle is crowned by two genii, who stand beside it and hold a festoon in front of the bust
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-2988
objectType: label: Type
content: architecture
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and gray, brown wash on paper
label: Dimensions
content: Overall: 22.7 x 17.3 cm (8 15/16 x 6 13/16 in.)