Roland Doré (sculptor)

Roland Doré was a 17th-century sculptor and his workshop or "atelier" produced many sculptures for the enclos paroissiaux or "parish church enclosure or closes" of Brittany.

[2][better source needed] The Locmaria-Lan chapel in Plabennec holds a Dorė statue of the Virgin Mary and Child in a niche in the bell-tower and the atelier are credited with carving the crucifix on the Calvaire de Scaven.

[4] In Plougastel-Daoulas, the Doré atelier executed statues for the Saint-Guénolé chapel's calvary which has the date 1654 inscribed on the pedestal supporting the cross.

[1][5] Some stairs separate the upper part of the cemetery in La Forest-Landerneau from the lower section and these are decorated with Dorė sculptures of a saint in bishop's attire and Catherine of Alexandria.

[6] For the Le Folgoët Croix du Champ de foire, the Dorė atelier carved the crucifix and a shield with depictions of Jesus' pierced and bleeding hands, feet and heart, and for the parish church Doré executed a statue of "Christ souffrant".

[6] Outside the "Chapelle Saint-Jean-Baptiste" at Logonna-Daoulas, there is a fountain dating to 1644 with a sculpture depicting John the Baptist which is attributed to Doré.

Nearby, another fountain, the "Fontaine de saint Jean l'Évangéliste" with its sculpture depicting John the Evangelist dates to 1647 and is also attributed to Doré.

In the porch of the Église Saint Germain in Pleyben are statues of the apostles of which Doré sculpted that of James the Greater and John the Evangelist.

[19][20] For the south porch of the Saint-Yves church in Plounéour-Ménez, Doré executed two statues of John the Evangelist and Saint Thomas.

The enclos at Saint-Thégonnec, surrounded by a retaining wall (mur d’enceint), comprises a grand entrance (porte triomphale), an ossuary, a 7-metre-high (23 ft) calvary and the parish church of Notre-Dame.

Mazé Jeanne Inizan ma faict faire"Inside the church Doré also carved the statues in the belltower porch, this in 1625.

On the first crosspiece (croisillion) are statues of two cavaliers on horseback, one of whom, Saint Longinus, was the soldier who pierced Jesus' side with a lance.

In the Angel of the Annunciation composition, Dorė includes a vase of lilies which is inscribed "ECCE:ANCILLA:D(OMI)NI:FIAT:MIHI:SECVNDVM:VERBVM:TVVM".

He also sculpted the elaborate hexagonal baptismal font which he decorated with sculptures of Matthew the Apostle, Mark the Apostle, God holding his dead son in his arms, St Gregory the Great, John the Evangelist, Saint Peter and the bishop St Ambrose of Milan.

[32][33] The fountain at the Pont an Ilis situated in the "Kerrous" district of Bodilis includes Doré's 120 cm sculpture of the Virgin Mary and because the sculptor used the dark stone Kersanton, it became known to local people as the "Vierge Noire" (the black virgin)[1][34] The commune of Lampaul-Guimiliau has two calvaries attributed to Doré.

At the base of the pedestal supporting the Cross is the pietà "Notre-Dame de Pitié", with a sword bearing the image of the resurrected Christ on the reverse side.

The small commune of Cast, Finistère, lies between Châteaulin and Douarnenez some 25 km (16 mi) north of Quimper and the Église paroissiale Saint-Jérôme in the Rue Kreisker.

It has a 1660 Calvary attributed to Doré which carries the inscription "M:G:G:IC GLINEC R.IAC:CROISSANT F 1660" It is 7 metres (23 ft) high and at the base of the pedestal is a depiction of Saint Tujan and a Pietà (Vierge de Pitié) whilst on the crosspiece are statues depicting the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist and Mary Magdalene and Saint Peter.

[1][52] This Doré Calvary by the chapel Notre-Dame at Châteaulin dates to 1639, a year when the region suffered an outbreak of the plague.

[6][58] In the enclos of the commune Cléden-Cap-Sizun there is a Doré calvary carrying the coats of arms of René de Keridiern and the mayor of Keryvon.

Cléden-Cap-Sizun lies at the tip of Cap-Sizun, west of Quimper[59] In the Sizun Musée des Arts et traditions populaires, there is a Doré sculpture of the "bad robber" ("mauvais larron") thought to be what remains of a larger calvary.

Doré's atelier did execute the depictions of Christ on the cross, the two robbers, the "Notre-Dame de Pitié", and the statues "géminées" of the Virgin Mary and Saint Peter.

[6][64] This church in Plougar has a calvary in its graveyard sculpted by Yann Larhantec with statues of the Virgin Mary and St John on either side of the Cross bearing the crucified Jesus.

The Doré atelier worked on the calvary of Lantic's Église Notre-Dame de la Cour, sculpting the crucifix and the Virgin Mary with child and the coats of arms of the Rosmadec family.

[6] Doré is attributed with having completed statues of the twelve apostles and of Christ for the porch of the Saint-Efflam church in Plestin-les-Grèves in 1619.

In 1921, Pope Grégoire XV had ordered that 19 March be devoted as a feast day of the Virgin Mary's husband, and the Saint Joseph cult grew rapidly.

It includes between five and eight elements all placed within a retaining wall: the church itself and an ossuary or a chapelle reliquaire; a calvary, mostly elaborate, with a depiction of the crucifixion at the top, sometimes with two crosses or gibbets bearing the robbers crucified with Jesus, figures of those who had been present at Jesus' death, and often complemented by statues of other saints and local dignitaries such as bishops; a porte triomphale often in the form of an arc de triomphe; and a cemetery which stood in an area known as the placître.

Ankou’s iconography in sculpture, particularly on ossuaries, shows a skeletal figure, armed with a scythe or arrow and often accompanied by a slogan such as "Je vous tue tous" (I kill you all).

In legend, Ankou's head could turn through 360 degrees, so that he never missed anything or anyone – a fact that gives him a reputation of fairness, as everyone must die eventually.

He travels at night in a creaking cart drawn by white horses, one fat, one thin, collecting the souls whose time has come and escorting them to another world.