The Stoning of St Stephen

In France, one of the largest field open to restoration was offered by the churches destroyed in the Revolution. Viollet-le-Duc adopted a rigorous approach to his restoration work. However, on the fa�ades of Parisian churches, where many sculptures were put back under the Second Empire, the execution of such statues sometimes appears more whimsical.. Certainly, Gabriel-Jules Thomas took the trouble to impart an element of mannerism to his Stoning of St Stephen for the church Saint-�tienne-du-Mont, Paris.