Fragment from the Tomb of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria, Duke and Duchess of Burgundy

ca. 1443–55

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 305

This delicately carved fragment comes from the tomb of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria, Duke and Duchess of Burgundy, Dijon, one of the most important sculptural monuments of the middle ages. It belongs to the architectural decoration that surmounts the mourner figures which form the principle decoration of the sides of the tomb. Made originally for the Chartreuse de la Sainte-Trinité de Champmol, the Carthusian monastery on the outskirts of Dijon, the tomb has been reconstructed in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Dijon where it is exhibited today.

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Title: Fragment from the Tomb of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria, Duke and Duchess of Burgundy
Artist: Jean de la Huerta (Spanish, 1413–62 ?)
Artist: Antoine Le Moiturier (French, ca. 1425–ca. 1497) and workshops
Date: ca. 1443–55
Geography: Made in Burgundy, France
Culture: French
Medium: Alabaster
Dimensions: Overall: 5 1/2 × 5 1/16 × 2 1/16 in. (14 × 12.8 × 5.2 cm)
with base: 7 7/8 × 5 1/16 × 2 7/8 in. (20 × 12.8 × 7.3 cm)
Classifications: Sculpture-Architectural, Sculpture-Stone, Sculpture-Alabaster
Credit Line: Gift of Brimo de Laroussilhe, in honor of the 75th anniversary of The Cloisters, 2013
Object Number: 2013.460
Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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