The Façade of the Chapterhouse at La Daurade in Toulouse
1973; College Art Association; Volume: 55; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/00043079.1973.10789767
ISSN1559-6478
Autores ResumoTwo of the most celebrated medieval treasures of the Musée des Augustins in Toulouse are the groups of sculptures that were removed from the cloisters of Saint-Étienne and Notre-Dame la Daurade when the latter were destroyed in 1812. During a reorganization of the museum several years later, the bas-reliefs and statue-columns were arranged to form two portals said to have come from the chapterhouses of the churches.1 It has recently been suggested that the eight bas-reliefs from Saint-Étienne were never conceived as doorway decoration but were originally installed as corner and wall supports inside a chamber, probably the chapterhouse. Their arrangement as a portal was designed post factum by Alexandre Du Mège, the "Lenoir toulousain" responsible for the reinstallation of the museum. His desire to enhance the prestige of the architectural fragments led him to fabricate an impressive reconstruction for them, one which reflected the taste for medieval art then so fashionable.2
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