Discovery commented of the wall paintings of a church of flamboyant Gothic style

Name: Discovery commented of the wall paintings of a church of flamboyant Gothic style
Start: 2022-09-18T14:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Église Saint-Martin

Let yourself be guided to discover the paintings of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries executed in tempera.

Sunday 18 September 2022, 14:30, 16:30Passed

Conditions

Free. Free entrance.

©Sixtine de la Seille

Let yourself be guided to discover the paintings of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries executed in tempera.

At a time unknown to us, they were covered with a brush. It was not until 1845 that, during a scrape on the apse, they were discovered and brought up to date by Abbé Schnabel, parish priest from 1840 to 1891. It was the Messian painter Malardot who was commissioned to restore them. The work lasted 20 years.
From January 2002 to December 2004, the paintings were completely cleaned.

About the location

Église Saint-Martin

Place de l’Église, 57420 Sillegny

Moselle
Grand Est

The church holy Martin de Sillegny is of style Flamboyant Gothic. She(It) keeps(preserves) wall paintings(paints) dating of 1540, rediscovered in 1845 by the abbot Schnabel. Their restoration(catering) lasted 20 years. On May 9th, 1881 the church was registered on the inventory of historic monuments.