# Gargoyle

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VIOLLET-LE-DUC, Eugène-Emmanuel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/viollet-le-duc-eugne-emmanuel-r013d6ef2f06169>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Stone

## Commentary

The picture shows a Gothic gargoyle on one of the towers of Notre-Dame. Viollet-le-Duc&#39;s restorations, which included Notre-Dame and Sainte-Chapelle in Paris as well as the walled city of Carcassone, epitomize the often controversial rebuilding that produced many of the &#39;medieval&#39; edifices we see today.

## Attribution

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