Sarrabat paintings

Discover in the church, an exhibition of works by Daniel Sarrabat.
Daniel Sarrabat was born in Paris in 1666, into a family of artists and scholars who encouraged him to develop his gifts. He spent two years at the Académie de France in Rome (currently Villa Medici) and obtained the first prize in Rome in 1688. On his return to France, he settled permanently in Lyon.
Sir Girié, rector of the Royal College of Thoissey and parish priest, wished to embellish the church of Thoissey; he placed two commissions with the "famous" Lyonnais painter Daniel Sarrabat. The set is made up of six paintings dedicated to Marie-Madeleine, patroness of the Parish.
First order in 1706: Mary Magdalene at the Pharisee, Mary Magdalene at the feet of Jesus (at Martha and Mary), Magdalene speaking to Jesus, in the form of a gardener.
Second order in 1713: the meal at Simon the leper's, the resurrection of Lazarus, the Holy Women in the Sepulcher and two still lifes: the smoking censers The church of Thoissey was renovated in 2007 and now houses, in the ambulatory, the works by Daniel Sarrabat recently restored