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Clergy


Clergy: Popes, Cardinals, Bishops and Priests



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Statue of Cardinal Rene de Birague (1506-1583), born in Milan,French citizen since 1565, Chancellor of France in 1573, priest after his wife's death, made cardinal in 1578. Bronze, H:143 cm, L:195 cm, 1584. LP 396
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Statue of Cardinal Rene de Birague (1506-1583), born in Milan,French citizen...

Antoine Duprat (1463-1535), cardinal and chancellor of king Francois I.of France. Louise de Savoie, mother of Francois I, made Duprat her son's tutor. Terracotta, H: 60,4 cm RF 2658
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Antoine Duprat (1463-1535), cardinal and chancellor of king Francois I.of Fr...

Tomb of Philippe le Hardi, Duke of Burgundy (1342-1404) Pleurants by Sluter show the funeral procession from Flanders, where Philippe died, to Champmol Abbey: clergy,choir boys,a bishop,monks and the Duke's friends in their mourning coats.
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Tomb of Philippe le Hardi, Duke of Burgundy (1342-1404) Pleurants by Sluter show...

Jacqes Benigne Bossuet (1627-1704),bishop,orator, friend of philosopher Leibnitz; attempted a reconciliation between catholics and protestants. Terracotta, H: 65 cm LP 3474
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Jacqes Benigne Bossuet (1627-1704),bishop,orator, friend of philosopher Le...

Henri Gregoire (17750-1831),bishop and politician, active during the French Revolution, deputy of the clergy in the Estates general and the National Assembly. 1829
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Henri Gregoire (17750-1831),bishop and politician, active during the French...

"Les Bronzes de la Couronne" comprise bronze sculptures mainly collected by and presented to Louis XIVth. Bust of Pope Urban VIII (pope 1623-1644).Bust ca.1640 H:101,5 with pedestal. No.51 of the original royal inventory.
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"Les Bronzes de la Couronne" comprise bronze sculptures mainly collected by and...

Ermitage de moines dans les rochers. A monks' hermitage in the rocks. Wood, 46 x 75 cm INV. 1116
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Ermitage de moines dans les rochers. A monks' hermitage in th...

Jesus brought to the temple, 1528/30 Oakwood, 114 x 85 cm Inv. 6161
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Jesus brought to the temple, 1528/30 Oakwood, 114 x 85 cm...

Saint Jerome, meditating. Oakwood, 80 x 108 cm Inv. 2645
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Saint Jerome, meditating. Oakwood, 80 x 108 cm...

Saint Jerome dans le desert - Saint Jerome in the desert. Wood,78 x 137 cm R.F.2429
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Saint Jerome dans le desert - Saint Jerome in the desert....

Virgin and child with Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.In the background the Abbey of Cluny. Wood,29 x 29 cm R.F.2230
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Virgin and child with Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.In the background the Abbey of...

The fate of the bones of Saint John the Baptist. Outer side of the wing of the altar of Saint John, from the Johanniter Monastery in Haarlem, Netherlands. Tempera on oakwood (after 1485) Overall size 172 x 139 cm - Inv. 993
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The fate of the bones of Saint John the Baptist. Outer side of the wing o...