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  • People of Troy mourning the loss of Anches, 1841, oil on canvas on card, by Theodore Chasseriau, 1819-56, French artist, in Le MUDO, or the Musee de l'Oise, Beauvais, Picardy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Martha and Mary mourn the death of their brother Lazarus, from the Life of Mary Magdalene stained glass window, 13th century, in the nave of Chartres cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture in mourning (left) by Valerio Cioli, and Architecture in mourning (right) by Giovan Battista Lorenzi on the tomb of Michelangelo Buonarotti, 1475-1564, designed by Giorgio Vasari and built 1564-74, in the Basilica di Santa Croce, or Basilica of the Holy Cross, built 1294-1385, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Anne of Austria, 1601-66, in mourning dress (after the death of Louis XIII), oil painting on canvas, 17th century, by the studio of Henri 1603-77 and Charles 1602-92 Beaubrun, in the Chateau de Chambord, designed by Domenico da Cortona and built 1519-47 in French Renaissance style under King Francois I, at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France. The chateau is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mourners, detail, c. 1295, by unknown Castilian artist, Gothic, tempera on parchment on wood, 1 of 8 painted panels from the tomb of the knight Sancho Sanchez Carrillo in the chapel of the hermitage of San Andres de Mahamud, Burgos, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The mourners are dressed in traditional striped mourning clothes, crying, pulling their hair out and scratching their faces in their grief. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mourners, c. 1295, by unknown Castilian artist, Gothic, tempera on parchment on wood, 1 of 8 painted panels from the tomb of the knight Sancho Sanchez Carrillo in the chapel of the hermitage of San Andres de Mahamud, Burgos, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The mourners are dressed in traditional striped mourning clothes, crying, pulling their hair out and scratching their faces in their grief. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mourners, c. 1295, by unknown Castilian artist, Gothic, tempera on parchment on wood, 1 of 8 painted panels from the tomb of the knight Sancho Sanchez Carrillo in the chapel of the hermitage of San Andres de Mahamud, Burgos, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The mourners are dressed in traditional striped mourning clothes, crying, pulling their hair out and scratching their faces in their grief. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mourners, c. 1295, by unknown Castilian artist, Gothic, tempera on parchment on wood, 1 of 8 painted panels from the tomb of the knight Sancho Sanchez Carrillo in the chapel of the hermitage of San Andres de Mahamud, Burgos, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The mourners are dressed in traditional striped mourning clothes, crying, pulling their hair out and scratching their faces in their grief. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Augustine, St Jerome (bottom) and St Ambrose, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary stele of Aischra, detail, with relief of a young woman representing the deceased wearing hypendyma (tunic), himation (cloak) and veil, seated on diphros (stool), holding a box with a servant girl and another seated woman veiling her face in a gesture of mourning, Hellenistic Greek, late 3rd century BC, from Rhodes, in the Musee Lapidaire, or Lapidary Museum, in Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur, France. The museum houses archaeological artefacts from the Collection Archeologique de la Fondation Calvet, from the Musee Calvet. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Francis, founder of the Franciscan order, with stigmata, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bernard of Clairvaux, St John Gualbert, St Peter Martyr (left-right), detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Saints (left-right) St Dominic, St Augustine, St Jerome, St Ambrose, St Francis, St Benedict, Bernard of Clairvaux, St Romuald, John Gualbert, Peter Martyr, Thomas Aquinas, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.  The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture in mourning by Valerio Cioli, and above, bust of Michelangelo by Battista Lorenzi, on the tomb of Michelangelo Buonarotti, 1475-1564, designed by Giorgio Vasari and built 1564-74, in the Basilica di Santa Croce, or Basilica of the Holy Cross, built 1294-1385, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the Death of the Virgin, with mourning apostles surrounding her body, from the Altarpiece of the Virgin, 1430-40, in the Eglise de Saint-Roch, Ternant, Nievre, Burgundy, France. The altarpiece was commissioned by Philippe de Ternant and his wife Isabeau de Roye, and depicts 7 scenes of the Life of the Virgin, both painted and sculpted, including the Annunciation, Dormition and Glorification. It was made by Brabant and Flemish workshops in painted and gilded carved wood. The altarpiece has been restored many times and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mural, with nuns mourning the death of a saint, on the wall of the Cloister, built in late Romanesque style by Mihoje Brajkov of Bar in 1360, in the Franciscan monastery on Stradun or Placa, Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mourning woman and menorah relief, from the Block der Frauen or Block of Women sculpture, by Ingeborg Hunzinger, erected 1995, Rosenstrasse, Mitte, Berlin, Germany. The sculpture is a memorial to the Jewish women's protest in 1943 against the arrest of their husbands by the SS, and resulted in their release. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary stele of Aischra, with relief of a young woman representing the deceased wearing hypendyma (tunic), himation (cloak) and veil, seated on diphros (stool), holding a box with a servant girl and another seated woman veiling her face in a gesture of mourning, Hellenistic Greek, late 3rd century BC, from Rhodes, in the Musee Lapidaire, or Lapidary Museum, in Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur, France. The museum houses archaeological artefacts from the Collection Archeologique de la Fondation Calvet, from the Musee Calvet. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Three mourning women, by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1421-97, detail from Resurrection of Christ and Women at the Tomb, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 8, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Saints (left-right) St Francis, St Benedict, Bernard of Clairvaux, St Romuald, John Gualbert, Peter Martyr, Thomas Aquinas, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Saints (left-right) St Dominic, St Augustine, St Jerome, St Ambrose, St Francis, St Benedict, Bernard of Clairvaux, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St John Gualbert, or Giovanni Gualberto, 985-1073, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture in mourning by Valerio Cioli, on the tomb of Michelangelo Buonarotti, 1475-1564, designed by Giorgio Vasari and built 1564-74, in the Basilica di Santa Croce, or Basilica of the Holy Cross, built 1294-1385, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painting by Giovan Battista Lorenzi (left), and Sculpture by Valerio Cioli (right), on the tomb of Michelangelo Buonarotti, 1475-1564, designed by Giorgio Vasari and built 1564-74, in the Basilica di Santa Croce, or Basilica of the Holy Cross, built 1294-1385, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. These allegorical sculptures depict the arts in mourning. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture in mourning by Valerio Cioli, on the tomb of Michelangelo Buonarotti, 1475-1564, designed by Giorgio Vasari and built 1564-74, in the Basilica di Santa Croce, or Basilica of the Holy Cross, built 1294-1385, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture in mourning by Valerio Cioli, and above, bust of Michelangelo by Battista Lorenzi, on the tomb of Michelangelo Buonarotti, 1475-1564, designed by Giorgio Vasari and built 1564-74, in the Basilica di Santa Croce, or Basilica of the Holy Cross, built 1294-1385, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted capital of the death of a sibling, with parents mourning their child, carved 1340-1355, thought to be by Filippo Calendario, 1315-55, from Column 24, depicting Phases in Fathering, of the ground floor Piazzetta San Marco columns, on the Doge's Palace or Palazzo Ducale, begun 1340 and built in Venetian Gothic style, Venice, Italy. The palace has 2 arcades with 14th and 15th century capitals and sculptures, and a loggia above with a decorative brickwork facade. It was the residence of the Doge of Venice, the supreme authority of the former Republic of Venice, until the Napoleonic occupation in 1797, and is now a museum. The city of Venice is an archipelago of 117 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges, in the Venetian Lagoon. The historical centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grave of Wolfgang Langhoff, 1901-66, German actor and director, and his wife Renate and son Thomas, with sculpture of a mourning woman, in the Dorotheenstadt Cemetery, a late 18th century Protestant burial ground, Mitte, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture of a mourning woman, from the grave of Wolfgang Langhoff, 1901-66, German actor and director, and his wife Renate and son Thomas, in the Dorotheenstadt Cemetery, a late 18th century Protestant burial ground, Mitte, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail from the Lamentation with the Virgin Mary mourning Jesus, high relief in stone, 1572, 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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  • Detail from the Lamentation with the Virgin Mary mourning Jesus, high relief in stone, 1572, 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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  • Portrait of Mary Queen of Scots or Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland and France, 1542-87, in mourning clothes, oil painting on wood, early 17th century, after Francois Clouet, 1515-72, in the Garde-robe de la Reine, or Queen's Dressing Room, in the Francois I wing, built early 16th century in Italian Renaissance style and restored by Felix Duban 1861-66, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St John Gualbert, or Giovanni Gualberto, 985-1073, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Francis, founder of the Franciscan order, with stigmata, detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Mary Queen of Scots or Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland and France, 1542-87, in mourning clothes, oil painting on wood, early 17th century, after Francois Clouet, 1515-72, in the Garde-robe de la Reine, or Queen's Dressing Room, in the Francois I wing, built early 16th century in Italian Renaissance style and restored by Felix Duban 1861-66, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Exhumation of the remains 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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  • Jesus' cross is erected by soldiers and on the right, women mourn him. The Crucifixion, by Simon Mazieres, 1713-16, from the choir screen, Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • A family mourn the loss of their son to starvation while Clovis besieges Paris, stained glass window, by Alfred Gerente, 1821-68, after designs by Steinhel, depicting the Legend of St Genevieve, patron saint of Paris, in the cloister, rebuilt 1845-50 in Neo Gothic style during restoration by Lassus and Viollet-le-Duc, at the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window of the Descent from the Cross, detail, designed by artist Jean Michel Alberola, b. 1953, and made by master glassmaker Dominique Duchemin, in the Chapel of Memory in Nevers Cathedral, or Cathedral of Saint Cyricus and Saint Julitta of Nevers, Nevers, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The cross is tau-shaped (last letter of the Hebrew alphabet, sign of redemption) and is violet, the colour of Christ's Passion. Jesus' body has been brought down and he is mourned by the Virgin, 'Mater dolorosa'. A skull in the lower right corner represents Golgotha, ​​'place of the skull'. The project to commission contemporary stained glass windows in the cathedral was begun 1987-88 under Dominique Bozo, and they were inaugurated on 29th April 2011. The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • "Allegorie a la douleur" (Madame Gourlot mourns the death of her husband Louis Sebastien), tomb of Louis Sebastien Gourlot (1778-1816), Pere Lachaise Cemetery (Cimetiere du Pere-Lachaise) Paris, France, opened 1804, designed by Alexandre-Theodore Brongniart. Named after Pere Francois de la Chaise (1624-1709), confessor to Louis XIV (1638-1713), who lived in the Jesuit house on the site of the chapel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A woman mourns the death of her son to starvation while Clovis besieges Paris, stained glass window, by Alfred Gerente, 1821-68, after designs by Steinhel, depicting the Legend of St Genevieve, patron saint of Paris, in the cloister, rebuilt 1845-50 in Neo Gothic style during restoration by Lassus and Viollet-le-Duc, at the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary stele in typical Apollonian style, depicting the descent into hell, 3rd century BC, from the Museum Of Apollonia near the Ardenica monastery in Fier, Albania. Above, the deceased's wife mourns him, while he is led to Hades by Hermes down a ladder, with Charon's boat waiting below to ferry him across the Styx. The judge of hell sits enthroned in the bottom right corner. The museum was opened in 1958 to display artefacts found at the nearby Greek Illyrian archaeological site of Apollonia. Apollonia was an ancient Greek city in Illyria, founded in 588 BC by Greek colonists from Corfu and Corinth. It flourished in the Roman period and declined from the 3rd century AD when its harbour was silted up due to an earthquake. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Virgin Mary mourns the dead body of Christ, The Descent from the Cross, by Simon Mazieres, 1713-16, from the choir screen, Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Stained glass window of the Descent from the Cross, detail, designed by artist Jean Michel Alberola, b. 1953, and made by master glassmaker Dominique Duchemin, in the Chapel of Memory in Nevers Cathedral, or Cathedral of Saint Cyricus and Saint Julitta of Nevers, Nevers, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The cross is tau-shaped (last letter of the Hebrew alphabet, sign of redemption) and is violet, the colour of Christ's Passion. Jesus' body has been brought down and he is mourned by the Virgin, 'Mater dolorosa'. A skull in the lower right corner represents Golgotha, ​​'place of the skull'. The project to commission contemporary stained glass windows in the cathedral was begun 1987-88 under Dominique Bozo, and they were inaugurated on 29th April 2011. The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The rich man dies, his soul is taken by devils and his wife mourns him while a servant steals his possessions, from the stained glass window of the Parable of Dives and Lazarus, or the Rich Man and the Beggar, 1215-25, in bay 23, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entombment, or Holy Sepulchre, sculptural group, 1515, by the Master of Chaource, made for the sepulchral chapel of Nicolas de Monstier and Jacqueline de Laignes, in the crypt of the Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste, or Church of St John the Baptist, a catholic church built 12th - 16th century in Chaource, Aube, Grand Est, France. Christ's head is held by Joseph of Arimathea, with Nicodemus at his feet, with the Virgin, St John, Marie-Salome, Mary Magdalene and Mary Cleophas. The church is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crucifixion and Deposition, oil painting on wood, c. 1520-30, by Antwerp painter, from the Eglise Saint-Martin, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Meditation, or Girl, marble statue, 1925, by Josep Llimona, 1864-1934, on the Rahola family tomb in the Cadaques Cemetery in Portlligat, on the Cap de Creus peninsula, Catalonia, Spain. Cap de Creus is a rocky peninsula near the French border in the northern Costa Brava, with headlands, cliffs and coves, protected as a natural park since 1998. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Death of the Virgin, detail from the Retable de Notre-Dame de l'Esperance, or Retable de la Confrerie des Tisserands, 15th century, in the Chapelle des Tisserands, in the Eglise Saint-Jacques, a Gothic church built 1260-80 in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The church is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pieta, sculpture in a niche in the wall of the Promenoir, a gallery leading to the library overlooking the cloister, at Fontfroide Abbey or l'Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide, at Narbonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, Occitanie, France. Founded by the Viscount of Narbonne in 1093, Fontfroide linked to the Cistercian order in 1145. Today the abbey is privately owned and its estate produces AOC Corbieres wine. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Depicted beneath the crosses (left-right), St Lawrence, St Mark, St John the Baptist; Mary of Clopas, Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, St John; St Dominic, St Augustine, St Jerome, St Ambrose, St Francis, St Benedict. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Death of St Martin with mourners and monks reading prayers, detail, from the Altarpiece of St Martin of Tours, early 15th century, Gothic tempera painting on wood, from the Church of Sant Marti Sescorts, L'Esquirol, Osona, in the Museu Episcopal de Vic, specialising in medieval liturgical catalan art, in Vic, Catalonia, Spain. The artist is known as the Master of Anaemic Figures due to the pale stylistic figures with dark outlines. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pieta, from the predella of the altarpiece of the Church of Santa Maria de Rubio, Anoia, Gothic, by the Master of Rubio, late 14th century, tempera paint on wood, in the Museu Episcopal de Vic, specialising in medieval liturgical catalan art, in Vic, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tomb of Michelangelo Buonarotti, 1475-1564, designed by Giorgio Vasari and built 1564-74,  in the Basilica di Santa Croce, or Basilica of the Holy Cross, built 1294-1385, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. On the tomb are 3 allegorical sculptures of Painting by Giovan Battista Lorenzi, Sculpture by Valerio Cioli and Architecture by Giovan Battista Lorenzi. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tomb of Michelangelo Buonarotti, 1475-1564, designed by Giorgio Vasari and built 1564-74, in the Basilica di Santa Croce, or Basilica of the Holy Cross, built 1294-1385, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. On the tomb are 3 allegorical sculptures of Painting by Giovan Battista Lorenzi, Sculpture by Valerio Cioli and Architecture by Giovan Battista Lorenzi. The historic centre of Florence is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crucifixion, with the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist, detail from the main stained glass window or maitresse-vitre of the chevet, made 1280-90 and restored in the 17th, 19th and 20th centuries, in the Cathedral Saint-Samson, begun in the 13th century on the site of an older church and completed in the 18th century, in Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. The window consists of 8 lancets depicting the lives of saints who have relics in the cathedral, and a tympanum of glass depicting the Last Judgement. The cathedral is dedicated to one of the founding saints of Brittany and until 1801 was the seat of the archbishopric of Dol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Deposition, fresco, 1341-47, thought to be drawn by Pucci Capanna but painted by his assistant, Cecce di Saraceno, originally in the Oratory of St Rufinuccio Fraternity and detached in 1955 (the sinopia still remain), now in the Confraternity Room of the Assisi Diocesan Museum, or Museo Diocesano e Cripta di San Rufino, Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The museum was founded in 1941 by bishop Giuseppe Placido Niccolini under the Cathedral Piazza to preserve works of art from Assisi's collections. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dormition or Death of the Virgin, with her soul ascending to Christ in heaven and priests reading texts by a candle below, from the Life of the Virgin, on the Altarpiece of the Constable or Epiphany Altarpiece, 1464-65, by Jaume Huguet, c. 1412-92, tempera on panel, in Gothic style, commissioned by Don Pedro of Portugal, in the Royal Chapel of Santa Agatha in the Palacio Real Mayor in Barcelona, Spain. The central panel is the most important and depicts the Adoration of the Magi. The side and top panels depict the Life of the Virgin and Jesus Christ, and Saints are portrayed at the bottom. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Duchesse de Nemours reclaims the body of her son the Duc de Guise from Henri III, detail, oil painting on canvas, 1864, by Arnold Scheffer, 1839-73, in the Salle du Conseil or Council Room, the site of the assassination of the Duc de Guise in 1588, on the second floor of the Francois I wing, built early 16th century in Italian Renaissance style, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The murder is retold in several 19th century paintings hung in the room. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mort du Christ or Death of Christ, detail of mourners including the Virgin Mary beneath the cross, by Emile Signol, 1804-92, oil on canvas, in the North transept of the church of Saint-Sulpice, built 1646-1870, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. The painting was ordered by the City Council of Paris in 1868 and was subject to a first exhibition in Ecole des Beaux Arts (School of Fine Arts) in 1876. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Piedad, or Pieta, detail, oil painting on wood, attributed to Antonio de Comontes, 16th century, originally from the parish of El Peral, in the Museo Diocesano Cuenca or Cathedral Treasury Museum, in the Episcopal Palace, Cuenca, Spain. The historic walled town of Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Piedad, or Pieta, oil painting on wood, attributed to Antonio de Comontes, 16th century, originally from the parish of El Peral, in the Museo Diocesano Cuenca or Cathedral Treasury Museum, in the Episcopal Palace, Cuenca, Spain. The historic walled town of Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Burial of Christ, painting on wood, by an unknown artist, on a 14th century altarpiece, in the Cathedral of St Mary, designed by Benito Dalguayre in Catalan Gothic style and begun 1347 on the site of a Romanesque cathedral, consecrated 1447 and completed in 1757, Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain. The cathedral has 3 naves with chapels between the buttresses and an ambulatory with radial chapels. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grieving Virgin Mary from the crucifixion scene, in the central section of the Crucifixion Altarpiece, 1390-99, in gilded polychromed oak, carved by Jacques de Baerze, 14th century, and painted and gilded by Melchior Broederlam, 1350-1409, originally in the Chartreuse de Champmol, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, opened 1787 in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon, Burgundy, France. The altarpiece was commissioned in 1390 and installed in 1399 in the Chapel of the Duc de Berry at Champmol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Entombment, from the right central section of the Crucifixion Altarpiece, 1390-99, in gilded polychromed oak, carved by Jacques de Baerze, 14th century, and painted and gilded by Melchior Broederlam, 1350-1409, originally in the Chartreuse de Champmol, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, opened 1787 in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon, Burgundy, France. This section depicts Christ being lowered into his tomb with grieving mourners in attendance, topped by intricate Gothic architectural carvings. The altarpiece was commissioned in 1390 and installed in 1399 in the Chapel of the Duc de Berry at Champmol. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the Pieta scene, with Mary of Clopas wearing a large headdress and wiping her eyes, from the Altarpiece of the Passion, late 15th century, in the Eglise de Saint-Roch, Ternant, Nievre, Burgundy, France. The altarpiece was commissioned by Charles de Ternant, son of Philippe de Ternant, and depicts scenes of the Passion and the Glorification of Christ, including a sculpted triptych of the Entombment, Crucifixion and Pieta. It was made by Brabant and Flemish workshops in painted and gilded carved wood. The altarpiece has been restored many times and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pieta scene, with the Virgin cradling the body of Christ and flanked by St John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene, and above, Mary of Clopas wiping her eyes, from the Altarpiece of the Passion, late 15th century, in the Eglise de Saint-Roch, Ternant, Nievre, Burgundy, France. The altarpiece was commissioned by Charles de Ternant, son of Philippe de Ternant, and depicts scenes of the Passion and the Glorification of Christ, including a sculpted triptych of the Entombment, Crucifixion and Pieta. It was made by Brabant and Flemish workshops in painted and gilded carved wood. The altarpiece has been restored many times and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptures of weepers by Claus Sluter, 1340-1405, and Claus de Werve, 1380-1459, on the tomb of Philippe le Hardi, or Philip the Bold, 1342-1404, (Philippe II, duc de Bourgogne, or Philip II, Duke of Burgundy), 1381-1410, in the Grande Salle du Palais des ducs de Bourgogne, or Salle des Gardes, a 15th century Flamboyant Gothic hall, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, opened 1787 in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon, Burgundy, France. The tomb consists of a painted alabaster effigy with lion and angels, and below, figures of pleurants or weepers among Gothic tracery. Claus Sluter worked on the weepers 1389-1404 and produced startlingly realistic sculptures, and Claus de Werve completed them 1404-10. The tombs were originally from the Chartreuse de Champmol, or Chartreuse de la Sainte-Trinite de Champmol, a Carthusian monastery which was sacked in the French Revolution and the tombs moved to Dijon cathedral then here in 1827. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptures of weepers by Claus Sluter, 1340-1405, and Claus de Werve, 1380-1459, on the tomb of Philippe le Hardi, or Philip the Bold, 1342-1404, (Philippe II, duc de Bourgogne, or Philip II, Duke of Burgundy), 1381-1410, in the Grande Salle du Palais des ducs de Bourgogne, or Salle des Gardes, a 15th century Flamboyant Gothic hall, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, opened 1787 in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon, Burgundy, France. The tomb consists of a painted alabaster effigy with lion and angels, and below, figures of pleurants or weepers among Gothic tracery. Claus Sluter worked on the weepers 1389-1404 and produced startlingly realistic sculptures, and Claus de Werve completed them 1404-10. The tombs were originally from the Chartreuse de Champmol, or Chartreuse de la Sainte-Trinite de Champmol, a Carthusian monastery which was sacked in the French Revolution and the tombs moved to Dijon cathedral then here in 1827. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Facade of weepers under Gothic canopies by Claus Sluter, 1340-1405, and Claus de Werve, 1380-1459, on the tomb of Philippe le Hardi, or Philip the Bold, 1342-1404, (Philippe II, duc de Bourgogne, or Philip II, Duke of Burgundy), 1381-1410, in the Grande Salle du Palais des ducs de Bourgogne, or Salle des Gardes, a 15th century Flamboyant Gothic hall, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, opened 1787 in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon, Burgundy, France. The tomb consists of a painted alabaster effigy with lion and angels, and below, figures of pleurants or weepers among Gothic tracery. Claus Sluter worked on the weepers 1389-1404 and produced startlingly realistic sculptures, and Claus de Werve completed them 1404-10. The tombs were originally from the Chartreuse de Champmol, or Chartreuse de la Sainte-Trinite de Champmol, a Carthusian monastery which was sacked in the French Revolution and the tombs moved to Dijon cathedral then here in 1827. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptures of weepers under Gothic canopies by Claus Sluter, 1340-1405, and Claus de Werve, 1380-1459, on the tomb of Philippe le Hardi, or Philip the Bold, 1342-1404, (Philippe II, duc de Bourgogne, or Philip II, Duke of Burgundy), 1381-1410, in the Grande Salle du Palais des ducs de Bourgogne, or Salle des Gardes, a 15th century Flamboyant Gothic hall, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, opened 1787 in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon, Burgundy, France. The tomb consists of a painted alabaster effigy with lion and angels, and below, figures of pleurants or weepers among Gothic tracery. Claus Sluter worked on the weepers 1389-1404 and produced startlingly realistic sculptures, and Claus de Werve completed them 1404-10. The tombs were originally from the Chartreuse de Champmol, or Chartreuse de la Sainte-Trinite de Champmol, a Carthusian monastery which was sacked in the French Revolution and the tombs moved to Dijon cathedral then here in 1827. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entombment of Christ, from the Retaule de Sant Nicolau (Retablo de San Nicolas), or Altarpiece of St Michael and St Nicholas, 1406, by Jaume Cabrera, 1394-1432, pupil of Pere Serra, in the Sant Nicolau Chapel in the Colegiata Basilica de Santa Maria, or Collegiate Basilica of Santa Maria, also known as La Seu, built in Gothic style by Berenguer de Montagut, from 1328 until 1486, around an existing 11th century Romanesque church, Manresa, Catalonia, Spain. The altarpiece depicts scenes from the life and miracles of St Nicholas. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the Lamentation, 1410, by Lluis Borrassa in International Gothic style, on the predella, originally from a different altarpiece (dedicate to St Anthony and disappeared), of the Retaule de l'Esperit Sant (Retablo del Espiritu Santo), or Altarpiece of the Holy Spirit, 1394, by Pere Serra, a Catalan artist, with 22 scenes and 36 figures of saints, in the Colegiata Basilica de Santa Maria, or Collegiate Basilica of Santa Maria, also known as La Seu, built in Gothic style by Berenguer de Montagut, from 1328 until 1486, around an existing 11th century Romanesque church, Manresa, Catalonia, Spain. The altarpiece was commissioned by the Guild of Tanners and contains scenes of the Holy Spirit and Life of Christ. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue on an altar possibly representing Our Lady of Reims, the Virgin Mary holding Christ on the cross, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Reims or Reims Cathedral, Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The cathedral was built 1211-75 in French Gothic style with work continuing into the 14th century, and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Joseph of Arimathea, who donated his tomb to Jesus after his death, leaning over the dead Christ, from a polychrome sculpture of the Entombment, 16th century, in the Collegiale Notre-Dame de Poissy, a catholic parish church founded c. 1016 by Robert the Pious and rebuilt 1130-60 in late Romanesque and early Gothic styles, in Poissy, Yvelines, France. In the group, Christ's body is surrounded by the Virgin, St John the Baptist, Joseph of Arimathea, Mary Magdalene, the holy women and Nicodemus at the foot of the tomb. The Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Poissy was listed as a Historic Monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of the Deposition of Christ, repainted in 1591 at the behest of the priest father Konstandin and his brothers Dimitre and Jan, in the Cathedral of St Nicholas inside Berat Castle or Kalaja e Beratit, in Berat, South-Central Albania, capital of the District of Berat and the County of Berat. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mary lies in her deathbed surrounded by the 12 apostles, who have been miraculously transported from their missions to her bedside. John leans over the Virgin and Paul is at the foot of the bed, all with expressions of sadness. The Death of the Virgin, from the Glorification of the Virgin stained glass window, in the nave of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window depicts the end of the Virgin's life on earth, her dormition and assumption, as told in the apocryphal text the Golden Legend of 1260. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A female saint and a woman to the left of the scene of the apostles at the deathbed of Mary, The Death of the Virgin, from the Glorification of the Virgin stained glass window, in the nave of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window depicts the end of the Virgin's life on earth, her dormition and assumption, as told in the apocryphal text the Golden Legend of 1260. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crucifixion, c. 1330-40, by the Master of the Cross of the Piani d'Invrea, in the Musee des Beaux Arts de Tours, a fine arts museum founded 1801, and housed since 1910 in the archbishop's palace on the Place Francois Sicard in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France. The museum houses paintings from 14th - 21st centuries, sculpture, prints, ceramics and furniture, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Death of the Virgin, painting, c. 1460, from the Lake Constance region, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entombment, or Holy Sepulchre, detail, sculptural group, 1515, by the Master of Chaource, made for the sepulchral chapel of Nicolas de Monstier and Jacqueline de Laignes, in the crypt of the Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste, or Church of St John the Baptist, a catholic church built 12th - 16th century in Chaource, Aube, Grand Est, France. Christ's head is held by Joseph of Arimathea, with Nicodemus at his feet, with the Virgin, St John, Marie-Salome, Mary Magdalene and Mary Cleophas. The church is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pieta, polychrome stone statue, 16th century, in the Eglise Saint-Pantaleon, built 16th century by Jean Bailly and rebuilt 1527-33 by Maurice Favereau after a fire, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. The church is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pieta, or Vierge de Pitie, polychrome limestone sculptural group, Renaissance, 1500-10, in the Eglise Saint-Jean-au-Marche, built 13th century in Gothic style, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. The church is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pieta sculpture in the Cathedrale Saint-Christophe de Belfort, built 1727-50 in pink sandstone by Henri Schuller and Jacques Philippe Mareschal, on the Place d'Armes, in the old town of Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The south tower was added in 1845. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pieta, detail, tempera painting on panel, 15th century, by unknown Castilian artist, from the collection of Dr Jesus Perez-Rosales, in the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, inaugurated 1970 and reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pieta, detail, tempera painting on panel, 15th century, by an unknown artist, from Palencia, from the collection of Dr Jesus Perez-Rosales, in the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, inaugurated 1970 and reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pieta, tempera painting on panel, 15th century, by an unknown artist, from Palencia, from the collection of Dr Jesus Perez-Rosales, in the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, inaugurated 1970 and reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pieta, tempera painting on panel, 15th century, by unknown Castilian artist, from the collection of Dr Jesus Perez-Rosales, in the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, inaugurated 1970 and reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Descent from the Cross, 1560, Spanish Renaissance painting by Juan de Juanes, 1475-1579, in the Museu Catedral Valencia, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The museum houses a collection of Gothic, Renaissance and Mannerist sculptures and paintings, including works by Maella, Goya and Juan de Juanes. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Calvary, 15th century Hispano-Flemish Renaissance painting from the Altarpiece of Osona, by Rodrigo de Osona, c. 1440–1518, in the baptismal chapel in the Iglesia de San Nicolas de Bari y San Pedro Martir, or Church of San Nicolas, in Valencia, Spain. The church was originally built c. 1242 but remodelled 1419-55 by the Borgia family in Valencian Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lamentation, tempera and oil painting on board, 1490-1500, by Nicolas Falco, originally from the Ermita del Calvario Alto de Xativa, in the Museu Catedral Valencia, in the Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. The museum houses a collection of Gothic, Renaissance and Mannerist sculptures and paintings, including works by Maella, Goya and Juan de Juanes. The cathedral is a Roman Catholic parish church consecrated in 1238 and reworked several times over the centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Massacre of the Innocents, tempera painting on wood, 1451-52, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, and his assistants, detail from the Armadio degli Argenti, an ex voto door for Santissima Annunziata depicting the Life of Christ, now in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lamentation over Christ, Renaissance fresco, 1440-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 2 of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin Mary, detail from Homo Pietatis or Man of Sorrow, Renaissance fresco, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 26, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ is depicted in his tomb bearing the stigmata, with the Instruments of the Passion. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Body of Christ, detail from the Lamentation over Christ, Renaissance fresco, 1440-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 2 of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and St John the Baptist with the body of Christ, detail from the Lamentation over Christ, Renaissance fresco, 1440-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 2 of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and St John the Baptist with the body of Christ, detail from the Lamentation over Christ, Renaissance fresco, 1440-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 2 of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Meditation, or Girl, marble statue, 1925, by Josep Llimona, 1864-1934, on the Rahola family tomb in the Cadaques Cemetery in Portlligat, on the Cap de Creus peninsula, Catalonia, Spain. Cap de Creus is a rocky peninsula near the French border in the northern Costa Brava, with headlands, cliffs and coves, protected as a natural park since 1998. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Meditation, or Girl, marble statue, 1925, by Josep Llimona, 1864-1934, on the Rahola family tomb in the Cadaques Cemetery in Portlligat, on the Cap de Creus peninsula, Catalonia, Spain. Cap de Creus is a rocky peninsula near the French border in the northern Costa Brava, with headlands, cliffs and coves, protected as a natural park since 1998. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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