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Potentian and Modesta
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Title
Potentian and Modesta
Contributor
Jane Vadnal (contributor)
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Contributor
Jane Vadnal
Identifier
FCSP22938100
Description
Column Statue; Gothic; North Porch, Right Portal Outer Porch- Outer Left Column statuesPotentian and ModestaPotentian (haloed, bearded, dressed as a bishop) was a disciple of Peter who, with his comrade Savinian, were sent to convert Gaul to Christianity. Modesta was the daughter of the Roman governor, Quirinus. She was converted to Christianity, and begged her father to spare the life of Potentian when he was tried by her father. She was martyred, and her body was thrown down the sacred well in the crypt at Chartres.Kidson argues on stylistic grounds that these two statues were "among the latest and most accomplished of all the large-scale statues at Chartres." (Kidson, Chartres, p. 54)The story of Savinian, Potentian and Modesta is also shown in a window in the choir (Deremble-Manhes no. 17, Delaporte window no. 43); North Porch, Right Portal-Outer Column Figure
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Cathédrale de Chartres--Pictorial works.
Church decoration and ornament--France--Chartres--Pictorial works.
Church architecture--France--Chartres--Pictorial works.
Christian art and symbolism--France--Chartres--Medieval, 500-1500--Pictorial works.
Geographic Subjects
France
Chartres
Collection
Chartres: Cathedral of Notre-Dame
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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