Dictionary of Art HistoriansFull Name
Crosnier, Augustin-Joseph, Abbé
Gender
Date Born
1804
Date Died
1880
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Subject Area
Overview
Iconographer,The Abbé Crosnier formed part of the serious interest in medieval iconography of the 19th-century together with Adolphe Napoléon Didron and father Charles Cahier.
Selected Bibliography
Iconographie chretienne, ou, étude des sculptures, peintures, etc., qu'on rencontre sur les monuments religieux du moyen-âge. Paris: Derache, 1848; Monographie de la cathe´drale de Nevers. Nevers: Morel, 1854.