LOCATION: Aosta, Cathedral, window sIX (nave window)

DIMENSION: lancet window composed by 3 panels; h. 175 cms. x w. 85 cms.

PROVENANCE: original location

CHRONOLOGY: beginning of the XVI century

AUTHOR: local school

PATRONAGE: the donor is not known

SUBJECT: St. Helen, Mother of the emperor Constantine and discoverer of the Holy Cross. 18 August 328 (?). Represented as a youthful Christian virgin carrying a long cross, wearing a red dress, wrapped in a blue mantle. The figure of the Saint is gigantic, contrary to that of the unidentified donor at the bottom on the left. Tiled floor. Rich border with floral motifs.

CRITICAL NOTES: Richness of colour. The Cross is similar to that of The Crucifixion window ( see Aosta cathedral 2) and St. Andrew window (Aosta cathedral 6).

CONDITIONS: Some modern glass (in the background, at the bottom of the windows), various lost tesseras (mantle, border), breaks resoldered (cross, border, donor), repaintings (faces).

BIBLIOGRAPHY: see Bibl. Cattedrale di Aosta .

PHOTOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Archivio CVMA Italia – Dono Mons. Garino

EDITOR: Emanuela Linda Cappa, May 2003