Full Name: Vanuxem, Jacques
Gender: male
Date Born: unknown
Date Died: unknown
Home Country/ies: France
Subject Area(s): Gothic (Medieval), painting (visual works), and portraits
Overview
Vanuxem was the first to investigate the history of the often-repeated theory that the kinds and queens on early gothic portals represent the rulers of France. His essay, Theories of Mabillon and Montfaucon, 1957, was a milestone in the study of the meaning of the statue-column (Branner).
Sources
“Alan Priest.” Chartres Cathedral: Norton Critical Studies in Art History.New York: W. W. Norton, 1969, p. 168.