Index of all Effigy

'Wakeham' Cenotaph - Tewkesbury Abbey

walwyn Sun, 08/21/2011 - 12:36

Attributed to John Wakeham (d1549), the last abbot of Tewkesbury, the 'Wakeham' Cenotaph, actually mid fifteenth century and pre-dates the abbot by about 100 years. The effigy is a gisant as a decomposing corpse and the canopy was modelled on the throne of the House of Lords.

Tomb of Agnes Sorel - Loches, France

walwyn Sun, 10/23/2016 - 15:24

Agnès Sorel (d1450) was the mistress of King Charles VII of France to whom she gave birth to three daughters to Charles VII.

Effigy of Priest - Radway, Warwickshire

walwyn Sun, 02/28/2010 - 22:15

Effigy of priest (c1450) wearing vestments for saying mass.

Robert Lord Hungerford - Salisbury Cathedral

walwyn Fri, 10/07/2011 - 22:52

This monument of an alabaster knight wearing Milanese armour is dedicated to Robert Lord Hungerford (d1464).

Bishop Ferry de Beauvoir - Amiens, France

walwyn Fri, 07/30/2010 - 21:06

Bishop Ferry de Beauvoir (d1473). Amiens Cathedral France.

Bishop John Stanbury - Hereford Cathedral.

walwyn Fri, 08/12/2011 - 21:43

This carved alabaster monument of Bishop John Stanbury contains his effigy and has saints and angels as mourners carrying shields around all sides. Unfortunately the heads of the angels were chipped off during the reformation.

Lord John Cheney Monument - Salisbury Cathedral

walwyn Tue, 06/21/2011 - 23:05

Lord John Cheney (d1499) was a Lancastrian supporter who in 1483 had supported the Duke of Buckingham's rebellion against Richard III. When Buckingham's rebellion failed he joined Henry Tudor in Brittany and returned with him from France in 1485.

Effigy of Donna Maria de Perea - Toledo, Spain

walwyn Wed, 07/14/2010 - 17:41

Effigy of Donna Maria de Perea wearing a simple dress and with rosary in her hands.

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Effigy of Don Garcia de Osorio - Toledo, Spain

walwyn Thu, 07/08/2010 - 01:00

This funerary monument depicts Don García Osorio, a knight of the Order of Santiago, shown in repose with hands crossed upon his sword, a symbol of both chivalric honor and Christian faith. Carved in Toledo (1499-1505), probably by a sculptor influenced by Egas Cueman or Sebastián de Almonacid.

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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.