Mourner from the Tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1364–1404)
Cleveland Museum of Art

Mourner from the Tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1364–1404)

Claus de Werve (Netherlandish, 1380–1439) · 1404–10

vizille alabaster
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

The use of alabaster in the late Middle Ages began in the 1300s with court art in the circles of French kings, especially in the field of funerary sculpture.

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