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Jean Delemer. 2 languages. ... Angel Gabriel installed in the Church of Saint Quentin in Tournai. Jean Delemer (1410 – 1440), was a Flemish sculptor. Biography.
Tournai, known as Tornacum, was a place of minor importance in Roman times, a stopping place where the Roman road from Cologne on the Rhine to Boulogne on the coast crossed the river Scheldt. It was fortified under Emperor Maximiam in the 3rd century AD, [6] when the Roman limes was withdrawn to the string of outposts along the road.
Coordinates: 50°36′24″N 03°23′06″E. Church of Saint Quentin, Tournai. The Church of Saint Quentin ( French: Église Saint-Quentin de Tournai) is a Roman catholic parish church in Tournai, Belgium. The largely Romanesque building is located on the main square of the town, the Grand-Place. Known to have existed since the 10th century ...
A new synagogue, now abandoned, was built in 1851 to plans by Jean-Baptiste Schacre, architect for the city of Mulhouse. A special feature of the Dornach synagogue is the existence of a small pit, located between the Almémor and the Holy Ark and filled in 1959. In June 1940, faced with the advance of the German army, many Jews fled Mulhouse ...
Battle of Tournay (1794) / 50.644019; 3.344689. The Battle of Tournay or Battle of Tournai or Battle of Pont-à-Chin (22 May 1794) saw Republican French forces led by Jean-Charles Pichegru attack Coalition forces under Emperor Francis II and Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After a bitter all-day struggle, Coalition troops recaptured a ...
50°36′23″N3°23′11″E. The Grand-Place ( French: [ɡʁɑ̃ plas]; "Grand Square" [a]) is the main square and the centre of activity of Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium. The square has a triangular shape, owing it to the convergence of several ancient paths, [2] and it covers 7,500 m 2 (81,000 sq ft). As in many Belgian cities, there are a ...
Pasquier Grenier (fl. 1447–1493) was a Flemish tapestry and wine merchant working in Tournai, and the greater region under the control of the Dukes of Burgundy. Once believed to be a master tapestry weaver, archival documents reveal that he was actually one of the most prominent tapestry dealers of the fifteenth-century in Western Europe, working with tapestry workshops in cities such as ...
Erwin Panofsky. Erwin Panofsky (March 30, 1892, in Hannover – March 14, 1968, in Princeton, New Jersey) [1] was a German-Jewish art historian, whose academic career was pursued mostly in the U.S. after the rise of the Nazi regime . His work represents a high point in the modern academic study of iconography, including his hugely influential ...