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Black Virgin, High altar, Basilica of Liesse Notre Dame, Liesse-Notre-Dame, Laon, Picardy, France
Statue of the Black Virgin, based on Ismeria, the Soudanese daughter of the sultan of Cairo El-Afdhal, who saved the lives of French knights during the Crusades, converted to christianity and married Robert d'Eppes, son of Guillaume II of France, on the High Altar, made 1610 in Italian Renaissance style, donated by Marie de Medici, wife of Henri IV, on the birth of Louis XIII, in the Basilica of Liesse Notre Dame, built 1134 in Flamboyant Gothic style by the Chevaliers d'Eppes, then rebuilt in 1384 and enlarged in 1480 and again in the 19th century, Liesse-Notre-Dame, Laon, Picardy, France. The statue of the Black Virgin and child stands in front of a fresco of the Pentecost. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Unique Identifier
AR9184042
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
5616px × 3744px
Photo Credit
Manuel Cohen / Art Resource, NY
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12TH CENTURY
17th century
Aisne
Altar
apostle
Basilica
belief
BLACK VIRGIN
CATHOLIC
Catholicism
CHANCEL
Christ
Christian
Christianity
Church
Cloak
Crown
EUROPE
EUROPEAN
Faith
France
French
Fresco
HERITAGE
HIGH ALTAR
History
HORIZONTAL
INDOORS
INSIDE
interior
Italian
Laon
madonna
MARIE DE MEDICI
MARY
MC
Pentecost
Picardie
picardy
Pilgrim
Pilgrimage
religion
Religious
Renaissance
SACRED
Sculpture
Statue
VIRGIN
Virgin and Child
Western Europe
Western European