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A bronzer works on the lid of the receptacle for baptismal water at the Barthelemy Art workshop, a piece intended for the Notre Dame Cathedral designed by French artist and designer Guillaume Bardet in Crest, on September 11, 2024. At the Barthelemy Arts foundry in the Drome department of France, the tabernacle of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral is awaiting a final patina along with the rest of the liturgical furniture before returning to the cathedral for its reopening in December 2024. (Photo by Olivier CHASSIGNOLE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION