La Madeleine / Basilique de la Madeleine / Church of Mary Magdalene / Ste Madeleine / Narthex, central portal, tympanum, Mission of the Apostles / Romanesque; dedication date: ca. 1104, creation date: 12th century, rebuilding date: Chapter house, dormitory 1160-1165, restoration date: 1840-1859

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Work Title: La Madeleine; Basilique de la Madeleine; Church of Mary Magdalene; Ste Madeleine
View Title: Narthex, central portal, tympanum, Mission of the Apostles
Creator/Culture: founder: de Roussillon Girart (French, c.800-877); architect: restorations by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (French, 1814-1879)
Site/Repository: Site: Vézelay (Burgundy, France)
Period/Date: Romanesque; dedication date: ca. 1104, creation date: 12th century, rebuilding date: Chapter house, dormitory 1160-1165, restoration date: 1840-1859
Media/Technique: limestone, polychromy
Dimensions: height: 18.5 m, width of tympanum: 9.25 m
Subjects: Basilique de la Madeleine (Vézelay, France); Abbeys; Pilgrimage churches; Architecture; Romanesque; Basilicas; World Heritage area (UNESCO); Churches; Religious buildings
Work Record ID: 138443
Image Record ID: 913049
Classification Filing Number: 175; V597; 2Mn 2c; cop.3*.a&d.r
HART Image Order Number: 220508

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Record: 913049
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-913049/1

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 913049. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-913049/1. May 01, 2024.