Detail of the Father in the Holy Trinity, The sculpture was originally designed for the Cluniac Abbey at Charlieu in France. Although damaged, the statue relates the Holy Trinity with the Father in human representation of a man holding the Cross of his Son with a dove fluttering above. The subject falls under the typological representation of the Trinity called the Throne of Grace and common in Medieval iconography. Detail of God the Father.
- Contini-Volterra Photographic Archive | Sculpture (SCUL) | Detail of the Father in the Holy Trinity, The sculpture was originally designed for the Cluniac Abbey at Charlieu in France. Although damaged, the statue relates the Holy Trinity with the Father in human representation of a man holding the Cross of his Son with a dove fluttering above. The subject falls under the typological representation of the Trinity called the Throne of Grace and common in Medieval iconography. Detail of God the Father., 1300-1350
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