St John relief, choir screen, Amiens cathedral, Picardy, France

St John preaching, polychrome high relief in the second row on the North side of the Gothic choir screen in the North ambulatory, 1490-1530, commissioned by canon Adrien de Henencourt and made by the sculptor Antoine Ancquier, depicting the life of St John the Baptist, 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. 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)

St John preaching, polychrome high relief in the second row on the North side of the Gothic choir screen in the North ambulatory, 1490-1530, commissioned by canon Adrien de Henencourt and made by the sculptor Antoine Ancquier, depicting the life of St John the Baptist, 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. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen