Saint-Quentin

“The Annunciation Group” Treasure (1427/1428)

Made of white Avesnes stone, these two statues representing the Virgin Mary and the Angel Gabriel are the work of Tournai sculptor Jean Delemer, the original polychromy being the work of painter Robert Campin. The current polychromy dates from 1858. The two heads mutilated by iconoclasts in 1566 were replaced around 1600, in the style of the period.

Donated by Agnès Piétarde, widow of Jean du Bus, to the church of Saint-Pierre in 1428, they were transferred at an uncertain date to the church of Sainte Marie-Madeleine, and then, when the latter closed, to the cathedral.

In March 2010, they were installed in their current location in the church of Saint-Quentin, after being restored by the Institut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique, thanks to the patronage of the Fonds Inbev Baillet-Latour. These statues, recognized as treasures of the Walloon Region, are among the most remarkable examples of 15th-century statuary in our regions.

High altar

Baroque marble high altar (1629).

Choir screen (1656-1723)

Note the marble columns (1656/1723). Badly damaged during the war, the ensemble was restored in 2006.

Jacques de Chastagne tomb (1327)

In the two-sided south-east chapel, a recumbent tomb with weeping figures in a Tournai stone  with three-lobed redents, restored. Above is a statue of Notre-Dame à la Treille.

Pasquier-Grenier funeral chapel (1469/1574)

Dating from the third quarter of the 15th century, in late Romanesque style. Severely damaged by bombing in May 1940. The chapel was built and decorated by the famous Tournais tapestry-maker Pasquier-Grenier, who financed and commissioned the work as a funeral chapel for himself, his wife Marguerite de Lannoy and her family. Work on the chapel dates from between 1469 and 1474. Dedicated to the seven sacraments, the chapel was originally entirely painted with Eucharistic themes and symbols. It was restored in 2013 by Mrs. Marie-Helene Ghisdal.

Our Lady of the Trellis (1724)

Made around 1685 (?) by the Tournais silversmith Hermès Volcart (?). Assemblage of folded, repoussé silver leaves, nailed to two superimposed wooden blocks.

The Confrérie de Notre-Dame de la Treille was erected in the church of Saint-Nicaise on 10/8/1659, moved to Saint-Quentin in 1769 when the parish of Saint-Nicaise was abolished, then to Sainte-Marguerite in 1782; abolished in 1786, reinstated in Sainte-Marguerite in 1843, and canonically erected there again in 1864.

Since the 13th century, the city of Lille has honored the Virgin Mary under the title of Notre-Dame de la Treille. The name comes from the trellis that surrounds the statue, an image of an enclosure where one can find refuge and peace.
Every year, the statue is carried in the Grande Procession in September.

Download the plan of the remarkable elements