Musées de Langres – Maison des Lumières Denis Diderot – Musée d'Art et d'Histoire

This work by Jules-René Hervé – “the painter of provincial poetry” – represents a Corpus Christi procession in Langres. On this feast day celebrating the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist, a procession used to march down streets bedecked with flowers, garlands and banners. The painting influenced by Impressionism was awarded a gold medal at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1925.