Beheading of St Firmin, choir screen, Amiens Cathedral, Picardy, France

The beheading of St Firmin, Gothic style polychrome high-relief sculpture from the South side of the choir screen, 1490-1530, commissioned by canon Adrien de Henencourt, depicting the life of St Firmin, at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. St Firmin, 272-303 AD, was the first bishop of Amiens. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Contained in galleries: Saint-Leu - Amiens (France)

The beheading of St Firmin, Gothic style polychrome high-relief sculpture from the South side of the choir screen, 1490-1530, commissioned by canon Adrien de Henencourt, depicting the life of St Firmin, at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. St Firmin, 272-303 AD, was the first bishop of Amiens. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen