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Charles Giron: The Cradle of the Confederation  wikidata:Q1217532 reasonator:Q1217532
Artist
Charles Giron  (1850–1914)  wikidata:Q1064549
 
Charles Giron
Alternative names
Charles Giron
Description Swiss-French painter, landscape painter, portraitist, art critic and visual artist
Date of birth/death 2 April 1850 Edit this at Wikidata 9 June 1914 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Geneva Edit this at Wikidata Genthod Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q1064549
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Author
Painting: Charles Giron (1859–1914); Photograph: Peter Mosimann
Title
The Cradle of the Confederation
label QS:Lfr,"Le berceau de la Confédération"
label QS:Len,"The Cradle of the Confederation"
label QS:Lde,"Die Wiege der Eidgenossenschaft"
label QS:Lla,"In natale Confoederationis"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre landscape painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: The wall painting in the chamber of the Swiss National Council. It is 5 metres high and 12 metres wide, entitled "The cradle of the confederation" ("Le berceau de la confédération"/"Die Wiege der Eidgenossenschaft") and was painted by Charles Giron, 1901. It shows an idealized panorama of Lake Lucerne, the canton of Schwyz, and the Rütli meadows (lower left). The naked female figure in the clouds above the Rütli (left end of the clouds) symbolizes peace.[1]
Date Painting: 1901; Photograph: May 20, 2003
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Object location
46° 56′ 47.1″ N, 7° 26′ 39.4″ E Edit this at Structured Data on Commons Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
Place of creation National Council of Switzerland Edit this at Wikidata
Object history
Source/Photographer [2] from the Swiss Parliament web site.
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46°56'47.08"N, 7°26'39.37"E

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current09:02, 20 January 2006Thumbnail for version as of 09:02, 20 January 20062,048 × 1,329 (1.58 MB)LupoThe wall painting in the chambner of the Swiss National Council. Image source: [http://www.parlament.ch/Poly/Download_Fotos/in-pg-nrsaal-2-g.jpg] from the [http://www.parlament.ch/e/homepage/in-fotografien/in-pg-fotos-nrsaal-download.htm Swiss Parliament

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