Gallery 355, European Art 1500-1850, third floor
Main Building
Gallery 355, European Art 1500-1850, third floor
Main Building
This screen is the central interior element from the chapel of the château of Pagny, and one of the finest architectural structures surviving from the French Renaissance. During the 1530s, the chapel was embellished in successive redecoration campaigns by Philippe Chabot de Brion, admiral of France and governor of Burgundy, and his uncle by marriage, Cardinal Claude de Givry, archbishop of Langres. The coats of arms over the central archway are those of the cardinal; Chabot; and Françoise de Longvy, wife of Chabot, niece of Givry, and the heiress of Pagny. The statues placed atop the screen at left and right represent Saints Claude and Philip. At center are the Virgin Mary and Saint John. Originally, a stone sculpture of Christ on the cross stood on the column capital at the top of the arch.
Gallery 355, European Art 1500-1850, third floor
Title: | Choir Screen, from the Chapel of the Château of Pagny |
Date: | 1536-1538 |
Artist: | Artist/maker unknown, French |
Medium: | Stone, marble, alabaster |
Dimensions: | 18 feet 9 inches x 28 feet 5 1/2 inches (571.5 x 867.4 cm) |
Classification: | Architecture (including fragments) |
Credit Line: | Purchased with funds contributed by Eli Kirk Price from the Edmond Foulc Collection, 1930 |
Accession Number: | 1930-1-84a--d |
Geography: | Made near Dijon, France, Europe |
We are always open to learning more about our collections and updating the website. Does this record contain inaccurate information or language that you feel we should improve or change? Contact us here.
Please note that this particular artwork might not be on view when you visit. Don’t worry—we have plenty of exhibitions for you to explore.
Gallery 355, European Art 1500-1850, third floor
Main Building