Philippe Liébert
Sacred Heart Altar
General Hospital of the Grey Nuns of Montreal
Artist
Philippe Liébert
Nemours, France, 1732 – Montreal 1804
Title
Sacred Heart Altar
Date
1790
Materials
Pine, white walnut, basswood, putty, paint, gold leaf
Dimensions
Tabernacle: 132.5 x 221 x 56 cm; tomb: 100 x 204 x 96.5 cm
Credits
Gift of Concordia University in honour of the legacy of the Sisters of Charity of Montreal, "Grey Nuns", inv. 2009.14
Collection
Decorative Arts and Design
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