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    GE_16.09: Conversion de Saul de Tarse (saint Paul)
    (GE_Geneve_TempleMadeleine_16.09)

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    Title

    Conversion de Saul de Tarse (saint Paul)

    Type of Object
    Stained glass
    Artist / Producer
    Mairet, Charles Alexandre
    Studio
    Chiara, Lausanne
    Dating
    1927
    Dimensions
    Env. 400 x 200 cm
    Location
    Temple de la Madeleine, Genève
    Place
    Choeur, S II
    Inventory
    Geneva (Canton)

    Iconography

    Description

    Saul à terre, renversé de son cheval et aveuglé par des éclairs prodigieux, est interpelé par le Christ qui lui dit : “Saul, Saul, pourquoi me persécutes-tu?”

    Iconclass Code
    73F2212 · on the way to Damascus Christ appears to Saul, who falls from his horse and is blinded by the light
    Iconclass Keywords
    Acts · Acts 09 · apostle · bible · blindness · Christ · conversion · falling · horse · journey · light · New Testament · Paul (St.)
    Inscription

    Je suis Jésus que / tu persécutes (banderole)

    Signature

    AM MCMXXVII (en bas à droite)

    Technique / State

    Technique

    Vitrail au plomb, grisaille

    History

    Dating
    1927

    Bibliography and Sources

    Literature

    Camille Martin, “La Restauration du Temple de la Madeleine”, in Geneva. – Genève, tome 2, 1924, pp. 167-176

    Henri Zbinden, “Les vitraux du temple de la Madeleine”, in L’art en Suisse, Genève, 1928, pp. 196-200

    Marguerite Maire, Edmond Barde et Max Dominicé, “La Madeleine”, in Temples de Genève, A. Jullien, Genève, 1950, pp. 16-20

    Charles Bonnet, Les premiers Edifices chrétiens de la Madeleine, A. Jullien, Genève, 1977

    Charles Bonnet, Lionel Breitmeyer, Jean-Etienne Genequand, et al., Eglise de la Madeleine, APAS, Genève, 1992, pp. 23-25

    Armand Brulhart et Erica Deuber-Pauli, “Rôtisserie, Madeleine, Vieux-Collège”, in Ville et canton de Genève, coll. “Arts et monuments”, SHAS, Berne, (1ère éd. 1985) 1993, pp. 93-94

    Image Information

    Name of Image
    GE_Geneve_TempleMadeleine_16.09
    Credits
    © APAS (Association pour la Promotion de l'Art Sacré), Genève – photographe: Cyrille Girardet, Veyrier
    Date
    2006
    Copyright
    © Ayants droit

    Inventory

    Reference Number
    GE_16.09
    Author and Date of Entry
    Valérie Sauterel 2008
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