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The Benedictine Museum
allows visitors to discover the works of art that
Alexandre Le Grand collected throughout his life.
From the remains of Fécamp Abbey to the fruits of
the collector's travels, there is a full range of
art form the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, with
statuettes, paintings and sculptures… Over 150,000
visitors come each year. |
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The museum owns a great
many 15th and 17th
century sculptures which depict scenes of Christian
martyrdom or the lives of the Saints carved in wood,
marble or stone. |
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Also on display are
15th century
English alabaster sculptures of scenes
from the New Testament. |
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Saint Jacques,
Great Britain
middle of the 15th century
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on display are from the French, Italian and Flemish schools
of the 15th and 16th centuries. |
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Virgin feeding
the baby Jesus, Florentine school, 16th century
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Saint Benedict
worshipping the Virgin and Child, Franco-Flemish school,
15th century.
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The good
rich,
Flemish school, 16th century
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Like the sculptures and paintings here, the
ivories are generally inspired by Christian
iconography. Biblical scenes, diptychs and
statues: ivory can be worked like lace… |
16th century triptych
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The
library contains around a thousand works from the 17th, |
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18th and 19th centuries, most of which come originally
from Fécamp Abbey. Prayer books, charters, liturgical
manuscripts, minutes, the list is long… |
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Illustrated prayer
book, first half of the 18th century
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Minutes of Richelieu's
private will,
17th century
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