Editing Sainte-Chapelle (section)

===Sculpture===
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File:París Sainte Chapelle 05.JPG|Detail of the portal of the upper chapel; Christ and the Last Judgement by Geoffroy-Dechaume 
File:Relief Creation of Eve-Sainte-Chapelle-Paris.jpg|The creation of Eve from Adam's rib (portal of upper chapel)
File:Relief of Noah's Ark-Sainte-Chapelle-Paris-2.jpg|Relief sculpture of Noah's ark and the flood (portal of upper chapel)

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Most of the sculpture of the portals was destroyed during the French Revolution, but between 1855 and 1870 the sculptor Adolphe-Victor Geoffroy-Dechaume was able to recreate it, using 18th century descriptions and engravings. One of the major works he recreated was the tympanum over the portal of the upper chapel, with a figure of Christ giving a blessing, with the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist alongside him.  Two angels are behind him, holding the crown of thorns and the cross, the most famous relics of the chapel. On the lintel below, the sculpture depicts Saint Michael weighing the souls of the dead, with those sent to heaven on the left and those damned on the right.{{Sfn|de Finance|2012|pp=34-35}}  Sculpted Biblical scenes from the Old Testament fill the panels on lower walls, including the Creation and Noah's ark. They were made by Geoffroy-Dechaume in 1869–70.
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File:Nord Sainte Chapelle Ange.jpg|Carved angel on the alcove of the King, north wall
File:Interior of Sainte-Chapelle (Paris) 19.JPG|Carved angels holding crown of thorns in the apse  (13th century) 
File:Paris-Sainte Chapelle - 26.jpg|Sculpture above the alcove of the King, upper chapel (13th c.) 
File:Paris-Sainte Chapelle - 25.jpg|Sculpture above the alcove of the Queen, upper chapel (13th c.) 
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While most of the sculpture on the exterior dates to the 19th century, the apse of the upper chapel contains a number of original 12th century statues, which, unlike the exterior statues, were polychrome. Traces of color were found during the restoration in the 19th century, and the statues were restored to include those colors. The arches of the tribune in the apse at the east end, where the case of sacred relics was placed, is ornamented with the original polychrome angels from the 13th century.{{Sfn|de Finance|2012|pp=37-39}}

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File:Paris-Sainte Chapelle - 15.jpg|One of the Apostles 
File:SaintLouisSainteChapelle.jpg|Statue of Louis IX (Note the fleur-de-lis and castle symbols on the columns, symbolic of his royal ancestry through his parents, Louis VIII Capet of France, and Blanche of Castile.) 
File:Sainte Chapelle - Detail Sculpture Mur Nord.jpg|Sculpture on north wall of upper chapel 
File:Statue at the Sainte-Chapelle (3561584171).jpg|One of the Apostles, north wall 
File:St John Sainte Chapelle MNMA Cl18666.jpg|St. John, undecorated (now in the Museum of the Middle Ages [[Hotel de Cluny]]) 
File:Interior of Sainte-Chapelle (Paris) 25.JPG|An Apostle, north wall 
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The upper chapel walls also displayed a group of sixteen statues of the Apostles, which date to about 1240. Some portray the apostles in simple classical costumes and bare feet, while others are polychrome and have much more elaborate clerical costumes. Some of these statues are now found in the collection of the National Museum of the Middle Ages in the [[Musée de Cluny]].