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The heraldic painter Hyacinthe de Keranrouë, based in Morlaix (Finistère), created an invisible work, which sits at the top of Notre-Dame-de-Paris: a report. He explains what it is about and recounts this unique experience.
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Hyacinthe de Keranrouë is a heraldic painter and he painted the report which is in the rooster of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral. This work attests to the presence of relics in the rooster. Here in his workshop in Morlaix (Finistère). | KÉVIN GUYOT / WEST-FRANCE
“I participated in something that is hidden and will be rediscovered in maybe 150 years,” slips Hyacinthe de Keranrouë, heraldic painter based in Morlaix (Finistère). In December 2023, he created a work of “14 cm by 30 cm”, which is installed in the rooster which sits at the top of Notre-Dame-de-Paris, 96 meters high. This painting is a report, which attests to the presence of relics of Saint-Denis, Sainte-Geneviève but also, of a piece of the holy crown of thorns of Jesus Christ in the rooster.
He worked on this XXS size painting with a Breton calligrapher, Nathalie Thomas. She was the one who wrote the text of…
