France (Paris)

Central Trumeau and Ironwork Details of the Portal of the Last Judgment, Notre-Dame de Paris

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High French Gothic (Thirteenth Century).

A monumental architectural trumeau pier supporting a central statue of Christ (Le Beau Dieu), flanked by original medieval wrought-iron scrollwork door hinges (ferronnerie) mounted on heavy wooden portal leaves, with the register of the Resurrection of the Dead carved directly above.