Polychrome relief, Collegiate Church of Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais, Gisors, France

King Charles V, 1500-58, and his wife Isabella of Portugal, kneeling in prayer, polychrome stone in high relief, 1511, restored 1888-95, from the South East wall of the Chapel of Our Lady of the Assumption in the Collegiate Church of Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais, built 12th to 16th centuries in Gothic and Renaissance styles, in Gisors, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. The church was consecrated in 1119 by Calixtus II but the nave was rebuilt from 1160 after a fire. The church was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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LC14_France_MC082.jpg

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© Manuel Cohen

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5616x3744 / 6.9MB

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Gisors, Normandy, France