Saint Joseph

French Sculptor, August Gerber (cast maker)
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Artist
French Sculptor


August Gerber
(cast maker)
Köln
Dated
ca. 1250 (original), 1909 (cast)
Medium
plaster cast
Dimensions
189 × 65 × 53 cm, 60 kg base: 71 × 64 × 52 cm
Inv.no.
Rg.116
Department
Sculptures - Plaster casts
Current Location of the Original Artwork
France, Chartres, Cathedral
Location
Not on view

Statue of Saint Joseph from the west portal of the north transept (?) of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres. Commissioned by the museum in 1909, the cast was made by August Gerber in Cologne. It was exhibited in the Romanesque Hall in 1910.