ETAIN CHURCH. LIGIER RICHIER’S “DESCENT FROM THE CROSS”
Viollet-le-Duc considered the Church of Etain, with its three naves, as one of the five most remarkable churches in the Meuse province. Begun in the 13th century, it was completed in the 15th. The imposing choir, with its large, many-mullioned windows, is 15th century. In the right aisle are a remarkable holy-water basin, and a statue of Our Lady of Mercy by Ligier Richier. The basin is of bell-metal and, like those of Nevers and Bourges,
