THOMAS, Gabriel-Jules
(b. 1824, Paris, d. 1905, Paris)

The Stoning of St Stephen

1863
Stone
Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, Paris

In France, one of the largest field open to restoration was offered by the churches destroyed in the Revolution. Viollet-le-Duc adopted a rigorous approach to his restoration work. However, on the façades of Parisian churches, where many sculptures were put back under the Second Empire, the execution of such statues sometimes appears more whimsical.. Certainly, Gabriel-Jules Thomas took the trouble to impart an element of mannerism to his Stoning of St Stephen for the church Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, Paris.