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Jean-Claude Marchionni Stone Sculptor
Rows of life-size carved limestone saints in the gothic stone portal of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, beneath an arcade of painted polychrome figures.

Architectural

Portal of Paradise — Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Limestone · 1993 · New York, NY

Carved 1993–1997 in Indiana limestone, in collaboration with sculptor Simon Verity. Direct carving — worked straight into the cathedral's façade, without preparatory model or maquette.

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The work in detail

  • The completed left side of the portal.
  • Working among the figures.
  • At the chisel.
  • John the Baptist — detail.
  • Noah, almost finished.
  • Hagar and Ishmael.
  • Rachel.
  • Second tier, completed.
  • Carved bases.
  • Capital — ornamental detail.
  • Carving a capital.
  • Second tier, in progress.

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