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Tomb Of Philip The Bold
The Tomb of Philip the Bold is a funerary monument commissioned in 1378 by the Duke of Burgundy Philip the Bold (d. 1404) for his burial at the Chartreuse de Champmol, the Carthusian monastery he built on the outskirts of Dijon, in today's France. It was designed and built by Jean de Marville, head of the duke's sculptural studio, who designed and oversaw the building of the charterhouse. Marville began work on the tomb in 1384, but progressed slowly until his death in 1389. That year Claus Sluter took over design of Champmol, including the tomb. Philip died in 1402 with his funerary monument still very much incomplete. After Sluter's death c. 1405/06, his nephew Claus de Werve completed the project in 1410. The duke is shown recumbent on black marble, with his eyes open, his hands clasped, and his helmet held by two angels as a lion rests at his feet.Antoine (2005) p. 223 Below him, positioned in alternating double archways and triangular niches, pleurants (''mourning figures' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dijon (Côte-d'Or) - Musée Des Beaux-Arts - Tombeaux Des Ducs De Bourgogne (cénotaphe De Philippe-le-Hardi) (14773660169)
Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is a city that serves as the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eastern France. the Communes of France, commune had a population of 156,920. The earliest archaeological finds within the city limits of Dijon date to the Neolithic Period (geology), period. Dijon later became a Roman Empire, Roman settlement named ''Divio'', located on the road between Lyon and Paris. The province was home to the Duke of Burgundy, Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th centuries, and Dijon became a place of tremendous wealth and power, one of the great European centres of art, learning, and science. The city has retained varied architectural styles from many of the main periods of the past millennium, including Capetian, Gothic architecture, Gothic, and Renaissance architecture, Renaissance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
