Notre Dame de Laòn by John Taylor Arms
Notre Dame de Laòn
John Taylor Arms
Title
Notre Dame de Laòn
Artist
John Taylor Arms
1887 - 1953 (biography)Year
1929
Technique
etching
Image Size
14 1/8 x 9 1/2" platemark
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
100
Annotations
pencil dated 1929 after the signature; pencil inscribed "Third State" in lower left; plate inscribed ARMS, 1919 in lower right
Reference
Fletcher 219'; French Church series #26; Arms 221; LOC 225
Paper
gray-blue laid
State
iii/iii
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
24584
Price
$750.00
Description
Laon, located in the Hauts-de-France in northern France, was the medieval capital of the Carolingian kings of France, beginning with Louis IV. Hugh Capet, who became king in 987, seized the town with the connivance of the local bishop and moved the capital to Paris. Laon was developed into a walled city in the second part of the 12th century and the cathedral was built in the 12th and 13th centuries. The cathedral’s stained glass dates mostly from the 13th century. The cathedral of Laon is one of the most important and stylistically unified examples of early Gothic architecture.