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Christ Blessing, Trumeau on the door of the Last Judgment, Reims Cathedral

François Rothier

Artwork Details

Christ Blessing, Trumeau on the door of the Last Judgment, Reims Cathedral
circa 1867-1914
François Rothier
platinum print on paper
14 3/16 in x 10 11/16 in (36.04 cm x 27.15 cm);15 15/16 in x 20 in (40.48 cm x 50.8 cm)
Gift of Howard and Margaret Bond
1996/1.48

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Subject Matter:

In this detail of the central portal on the north transept at Reims Cathedral, French photographer François Rothier focuses on the figure of Christ on the trumeau, positioning his head at the center of both the vertical and horizontal axes. Details from the frieze above, which depicts scenes from the Last Judgment, divide the background into two horizontal halves behind the central figure. This photograph, one of many photographs of the cathedral at Reims that Rothier took between 1867 and the turn of the century, is now of great historical importance as it shows the sculpture of Christ before its head was destroyed in 1914.

Physical Description:

Central portal of the north transept at Reims Cathedral, depicting the Last Judgment with Christ on the trumeau.

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