Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Cran

English translation

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History

Ensemble of wall paintings dating from the end of the 15th or beginning of the 16th century, principally on the south wall of the nave, presented on two superimposed registers. At the upper part: feet of a figure dressed in a robe; descent from the cross with Joseph of Arimathea, the Virgin and Saint John; resurrection of Christ who rises above the surprised soldiers; Christ on the cross near which stands a hand holding a staff. In the lower register: a figure attached to a wheel, head down, with three men at his sides; a figure bearing the mention Saint Francis; a woman with braided hair with the inscription Saint Cecilia; a woman accompanied by an incomplete inscription; entombment with two figures holding the shroud and, behind Christ, the Virgin and Saint Mary Magdalene; a figure accompanied by the mention Saint Mande.