The Church of Notre Dame in Lampaul-Guimiliau has wonderfully elaborate and colourful altar pieces and religious statues but it was the Entombment and Descent from the Cross which drew me closer. The Burial of Christ, 1676, was carved from tuffeau, a soft stone, by Antoine Chavagnac. Chavagnac was an artist who worked for the French Navy in Brest where he carved figureheads for ships.






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