Sobre este lugar
The Eglise des Dominicains is a luminous Gothic preaching church begun by the Dominican friars in 1289 and completed in the mid fourteenth century. True to the mendicant ideal of poverty, it has no heavy vaulting, only slender columns, a light wooden ceiling, and tall windows that still hold fourteenth century stained glass. Its treasure is Martin Schongauer's Madonna of the Rose Bower, painted in 1473, in which the Virgin sits among red roses and finches before a shimmering gold ground. Created for the collegiate church of Saint Martin and later cut down from its original size, the panel was famously stolen in 1972, recovered, and given a new home in the Dominican church the following year.
Datos clave
- 1289 year — The Dominican friars began building their church
- 1473 year — Schongauer painted the Madonna of the Rose Bower
- 200 cm — Tall today, the panel was cut down from a larger original
📍 Place des Martyrs de la Résistance, 68000, Colmar