Useful Information about

Jean Ravy (1300 - 1350)

Useful Information about Jean Ravy

Jean Ravy was born in 1300. He was a French sculptor and architect and was involved in the second phase of the construction of Notre Dame de Paris. That phase began in 1250 and lasted until the XIVth century. Between 1318 and 1344, Jean Ravy worked there as a master builder. He focused on a relief, the clôture du choers. It shows scenes from the life of Jesus. He also worked on the flying buttresses of the choir. He replaced the latter with 14 new buttress arches with a reach of 15 metres. In the meantime, he worked on the south part of the relief, representing Joseph's life and the apparitions. Jean Ravy depicted himself kneeling at the edge of the clôture. He was unable to finish the work on the relief before his death. His nephew Jean le Boutellier finished it in 1351. Jean Ravy died in Paris in 1350.

Notre Dame photographed by Thomas Kellner

Thomas Kellner: 03#03 Paris, Notre Dame 2, 1997, C-Print, 19,5 x 25,0 cm / 7,6" x 9,7", edition 10+3, price on request
Thomas Kellner: 03#03 Paris, Notre Dame 2, 1997, C-Print, 19,5 x 25,0 cm / 7,6" x 9,7", edition 10+3, price on request

Important works by Jean Ravy

Louvre

Pierre de Fayel, Diakon, Canon of Paris ; Jean Ravy, Sculpture, in the Musée du Louvre, RMN- Grand Palais, 1344.

Notre-Dame de Paris

Sculpture: Rood screen; Jean Ravy and Jean Le Bouteiller. Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Ile de France, France; between 1300 and 1350.
    Low-relief (Bas-relief in french): Last Supper; Jean Ravy und Jean Le Bouteiller. Kathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Ile de France, Frankreich. 
    Low-relief: Offering in the temple; Jean Ravy and Jean Le Bouteiller. Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Ile de France, France; between 1300 and 1350.
    Low-relief: The Wedding at Cana; Jean Ravy and Jean Le Bouteiller. Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Ile de France, France; between 1300 and 1350.
    Low-relief: Entry into Jerusalem; Jean Ravy and Jean Le Bouteiller. Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Ile de France, France; between 1300 and 1350.
    Low-relief: The washing of the Feet; Jean Ravy and Jean Le Bouteiller. Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Ile de France, France; between 1300 and 1350.
    Low-relief: Christ on the Mount of Olives; Jean Ravy and Jean Le Bouteiller. Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Ile de France, France; between 1300 and 1350.
    Low-relief: Noli me tangere; Jean Ravy and Jean Le Bouteiller. Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Ile de France, France; between 1300 and 1350.
    Low-relief: Christ appears to Simon Peter on the way to Emmaus; Jean Ravy and Jean Le Bouteiller. Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Ile de France, France; between 1300 and 1350.
    Low-relief: Christ appears to the apostles; Jean Ravy and Jean Le Bouteiller. Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Ile de France, France; between 1300 and 1350.
    Low-relief: The unbelieving Thomas; Jean Ravy and Jean Le Bouteiller. Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Ile de France, France; between 1300 and 1350.
    Low-relief: Christ appears to the three Marys; Jean Ravy and Jean Le Bouteiller. Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Ile de France, France; between 1300 and 1350.
    Low-relief: Christ appears to the apostles at the Sea of Galilee; Jean Ravy and Jean Le Bouteiller. Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Ile de France, France; between 1300 and 1350.
    Low-relief: Christ appears to the disciples and apostles in Galilee; Jean Ravy and Jean Le Bouteiller. Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Ile de France, France; between 1300 and 1350.
    Low-relief: Christ and His Apostles on the Mount of Olives; Jean Ravy and Jean Le Bouteiller. Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Ile de France, France; between 1300 and 1350.
    Low-relief: The Visitation; Jean Ravy and Jean Le Bouteiller. Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Ile de France, France; between 1300 and 1350.
    Low-relief: The birth of Christ and the announcement to the shepherd; Jean Ravy and Jean Le Bouteiller. Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Ile de France, France; between 1300 and 1350.
    Low-relief: The Adoration of the Magi; Jean Ravy and Jean Le Bouteiller. Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Ile de France, France; between 1300 and 1350.
    Low-relief: The infanticide of Bethlehem; Jean Ravy and Jean Le Bouteiller. Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Ile de France, France; between 1300 and 1350.
    Low-relief: The flight to Egypt; Jean Ravy and Jean Le Bouteiller. Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Ile de France, France; between 1300 and 1350.
    Low-relief: The twelve-year-old Christ in the temple; Jean Ravy and Jean Le Bouteiller. Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Ile de France, France; between 1300 and 1350.
    Low-relief: The Baptism of Christ; Jean Ravy and Jean Le Bouteiller. Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Ile de France, France; between 1300 and 1350.