Loir-et-Cher

Annunciation

 

 

Comparision of two Annunciation windows, by the Julien Fournier Studio, dated 1885 and 1886 in Pontlevoy and Cheverny respectively.

 

 

 

Decapitation of John the Baptist - Saint Romain-sur-Cher

 

The church at Saint Romain sur Cher was rebult in the C16 and restored in the C19. The north and south walls of the apse are painted with scenes of the Decapitation of John the Baptist and the Baptism of Christ on the north wall, and on the south wall is the Resurrection. Both of these paintings were restored in 1859.

 

 

Pieta - St. Aignan-sur-Cher

 

 

Fom about 1420, the figures on the right are thought to be Louis II of Chalon, count of Saint Aignan, his mother, and his second wife Jeanne de Perellos.

 

 

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