2-704-311 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Founding of the Abbey of St Genevieve, 15th century, (1849). Scene depicting masons building the Abbey of St Genevieve in Paris, said to have been founded in 502 AD by the Frankish King Clovis I (466-511 AD) who appears in the foreground with his queen, Clotilde. 19th century illustration after a tapestry in a series depicting the life of Clovis, known as "L'Histoire du Fort Roy Clovis", in Reims, France. From Volume 2 of "Le Moyen Age Et La Renaissance", (The Middle Ages and the Renaissance), edited by Paul Lacroix, artistic direction by Ferdinand Seré [Paris, 1849]