La Bande noire

Lamentation of the women of Camaret around the burned chapel of Rocamadour

Charles Cottet (1863-1925)

1911

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Charles Cottet (1863-1925) Lamentation des femmes de Camaret autour de la chapelle brûlée de Rocamadour, 1911, huile sur toile, 137 x 178 cm, © musée des beaux-arts de Quimper

Huile sur toile

D. 27-2-1

Dépôt du Fonds national d'art contemporain en 1927

H. 137 cm - L. 178 cm

Neighboring the Vauban tower and the carcasses of boats from the construction site, the chapel dedicated to Notre-Dame-de-Rocamadour is located on the Sillon, that closes the port of Camaret. With its small belfry, discouraged by an English cannonball during the battle of 1694, and its long low roof, it appears in many of Cottet's paintings.
The artist who has been living in Camaret since 1886 is struck by the fire, which largely destroyed the chapel built in the 16th century and founded in the 12th century, serving as a stopover for the pilgrims of Notre-Dame-de-Rocamadour in Quercy. The chapel housed many votive offerings, models of boats offered by sailors who had survived a sinking after imploring their patron saint Notre-Dame-de-Rocamadour.
The scene is set at dawn: the fire, declared in the night, devoured the roof and the furniture of the chapel before being extinguished around 5 o'clock in the morning. The miraculous statue of Notre-Dame-de-Rocamadour is entirely calcined. In the still-smoky sky, women turn around the still-hot ruins, as in an atoning procession.

 

La Bande noire

Lamentation of the women of Camaret around the burned chapel of Rocamadour

Charles Cottet (1863-1925)

1911

Enlarge picture jpg 187Ko (See the caption hereafter) (modal window)
Charles Cottet (1863-1925) Lamentation des femmes de Camaret autour de la chapelle brûlée de Rocamadour, 1911, huile sur toile, 137 x 178 cm, © musée des beaux-arts de Quimper

Huile sur toile

D. 27-2-1

Dépôt du Fonds national d'art contemporain en 1927

H. 137 cm - L. 178 cm

Neighboring the Vauban tower and the carcasses of boats from the construction site, the chapel dedicated to Notre-Dame-de-Rocamadour is located on the Sillon, that closes the port of Camaret. With its small belfry, discouraged by an English cannonball during the battle of 1694, and its long low roof, it appears in many of Cottet's paintings.
The artist who has been living in Camaret since 1886 is struck by the fire, which largely destroyed the chapel built in the 16th century and founded in the 12th century, serving as a stopover for the pilgrims of Notre-Dame-de-Rocamadour in Quercy. The chapel housed many votive offerings, models of boats offered by sailors who had survived a sinking after imploring their patron saint Notre-Dame-de-Rocamadour.
The scene is set at dawn: the fire, declared in the night, devoured the roof and the furniture of the chapel before being extinguished around 5 o'clock in the morning. The miraculous statue of Notre-Dame-de-Rocamadour is entirely calcined. In the still-smoky sky, women turn around the still-hot ruins, as in an atoning procession.

 

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