Sculpture

Tomb of the Children of France - Tours Cathedral

walwyn Sun, 10/21/2012 - 23:28

This tomb, in Tours cathedral, by Michel Colombe was made in 1506 for the two sons of Charles VIII of France and Anne of Brittany. It is reputed to be the first tomb in the region that was made in the Italian style.

Tomb of Thomas Cave and Wife - Stanford-on-Avon, Northamptonshire

walwyn Sun, 11/01/2009 - 22:11

Thomas Cave - Stanford-on-Avon

 

 

Tomb of Sir Thomas Cave (d1613) and wife, with dog at feet and children on side of chest.

 

 

 

 

Tomb of Thomas de Savoie - Amiens Cathedral

walwyn Sat, 08/07/2010 - 23:31

 

 

 

Tomb of Thomas de Savoie (d1337) with eight carved reliefs of weepers or mourners.

 

 

 

 

Tomb of Vittorio Alfier - San Croce, Florence

walwyn Fri, 04/09/2021 - 17:12

 

 

Count Vittorio Alfier (d1803) was an Italian poet and dramatist who wrote some 19 tragedies between 1775-1787.

Tomb of William Longespee - Salisbury Cathedral

walwyn Tue, 01/31/2012 - 21:42

 

Tomb of William Longespee (d1226) Earl of Salisbury. William Longespee was the illegitimate son of Henry II and half brother to King Richard I and King John of England.

Tympanum - Saint-Maclou Rouen

walwyn Sun, 08/08/2021 - 16:24

 

 

The tympanum above the central porch, of Saint-Maclou in Rouen depicts Christ in Majesty at the Last Judgement in four registers.

Tympanum of the Last Judgement - Bourges Cathedral

walwyn Mon, 11/15/2010 - 20:45

 

 

Gothic tympanum of the Last Judgement dating from about 1230 at Bourges Cathedral, France.

 

 

Unidentified 15th century knight and lady - Lutterworth, Leicestershire

walwyn Fri, 02/10/2012 - 22:08

 

 

This is an early 15th century alabaster tomb of a knight and his wife, in the church of St Mary Lutterworth.

 

Weeping Angel - Amiens Cathedral

walwyn Fri, 10/22/2010 - 22:13

 

 

Baroque sculpture of a Weeping Angel by Nicolas Blasset.

 

 

 

 

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