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west portal of Saint-Lazare
Detail of the Last Judgment, from the west tympanum of the cathedral of Saint-Lazare, Autun, France, carved by Gislebertus before 1135.
New York City: Washington Square Arch
tympanum of The Last Judgment
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Gislebertus
French sculptor