Église de la Madeleine (Aix-en-Provence)

The Église de la Madeleine is a Magdalene Church in southern France Aix -en- Provence. It is located in the old town at the Place des Prêcheurs and was formerly part of a Dominican monastery. The church is best known as the site for the Annunciation Triptych of Aix.

The building of the baroque church was built around 1700 with the involvement of Gothic elements. The church facade was built in the 19th century.

1839 Paul Cézanne was baptized in the church.

Works of art

In the left aisle of the church, the Annunciation of Aix, which is considered the important work of the school of Avignon depends. She was running mid-15th century for the Cathedral of Aix and has clearly features of Dutch painting on. The painting shows a Handlungsort a Gothic church, in which the Archangel Gabriel and the Virgin Mary kneeling each other. The side wings of the three-part altarpiece were separated in the 17th century, and came to the Musée des Beaux -Arts in Brussels and the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen to Amsterdam. They show the prophets Jeremiah and Isaiah and could be assigned only in recent times to the center panel. The author of this work has long been a prominent Dutch has been suggested as the " Master of Flémalle " Robert Campin. Meanwhile, it is assumed that it is a work of Barthélemy d' Eyck.

More precious treasures of the church are attributed to Rubens canvas paintings and a marble sculpture of the Virgin Mary.

Organ

The organ was built in 1743 by the organ builder Jean -Esprit Isnard. The instrument has 43 registers ( 3,500 pipes ) on three manual and pedal organ works.

• Couplers: I / II, III / II, I / P, II / P III / P