Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: South Portal of Saint-Pierre, Moissac [plaster cast]

Preferred Title: 
South Portal of Saint-Pierre, Moissac [plaster cast]
Alternate Title: 
Reproduction of South Portal of Saint-Pierre, Moissac
Image View: 
Tympanum, Last Judgment, Christ enthroned as described in Revelations
Creator: 
unknown (French cast maker)
Location: 
repository: Palais de Chaillot (Paris, Île-de-France, France)
Location Note: 
Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine (Musée national des Monuments Français), galerie Davioud; 1, Place du Trocadéro
GPS: 
+48.862760+2.288279
Date: 
1879 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
French
Style Period: 
Nineteenth century
Work Type 1: 
replica
Work Type 2: 
portal
Work Type 3: 
tympanum
Classification: 
sculpture
Material: 
patinated plaster
Technique: 
casting (process)
Description: 
In the late Victorian era, plaster casts of outstanding world artworks were produced by various vendors for museums (and world's fairs), spurred by an initiative of Prince Albert in Great Britain. Just a few museums, like the V&A and the Musée national des Monuments Français (Galerie des Moulages) went to extraordinary lengths to develop their own large, unique casts. The present cast collection (in what was the Palais du Trocadéro), was proposed by Viollet-le-Duc in 1879, which is the year this cast was made. It is a cast of the south portal of the former Benedictine abbey (Eglise abbatiale Saint-Pierre) in Moissac, Tarn-et-Garonne department, southwestern France. The giant tympanum, over 6 m wide, represents a theophanic vision, the iconographic source of which has been disputed. Christ, enthroned and wearing a crown, is surrounded by the four living creatures and the twenty-four Elders described in Revelation 4; they carry cups and musical instruments as in Revelation 5. There are also relief panels on the walls flanking the portal. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
Image Description: 
Represents a theophanic vision, the iconographic source of which has been disputed. Christ, enthroned and wearing a crown, is surrounded by the four living creatures and the twenty-four Elders described in Revelations.
Collection: 
Archivision Addition Module Seven
Identifier: 
1A2-F-MO-SP-A5
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.