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Artist
- Name:
- Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuel
- Dates:
- 1814-1879
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Ornaments & patterns
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- G. Junior (G. Jeune)
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- Robarts Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Dictionnaire raisonné de l'architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle, vol. 9
- Author(s):
- Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuel
- Publisher:
- Paris: Vve A. Morel et Cie., 1875
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
Recumbent statue of Charles the Bald dating back to the early thirteenth century. As Holy Roman Emperor, Charles the Bald was known as Charles II and reigned between 875 and 877. He is represented here in low relief, his head resting on a pillow and his feet on a lion. He holds a scepter with a fleur-de-lis in his right hand and a globe in his left hand.
Keywords: 1870s, 19th century, art, black & white, king, medieval, reference book, sculpture, tomb