The Apostles in Art: Witness, Memory, and Transformation
Index of Renaissance Effigy
Agnès Sorel (d1450) was the mistress of King Charles VII of France to whom she gave birth to three daughters to Charles VII.
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.
Effigy of Donna Maria de Perea wearing a simple dress and with rosary in her hands.
The Tomb of the Children of France is a traditionally attributed to Michel Colombe (c. 1430–1515), one of the foremost French sculptors of the late Gothic and early Renaissance periods, and is widely regarded as one of Michel Colombe’s most touching and refined works.
Started in 1515, and completed in 1525, this tomb is the work of the Roullant Le Roux, Rouen cathedral's master mason of the time. It is a memorial to the French cardinal and archbishop of Rouen George d'Amboise (d1510), the other figure is his nephew George d'Amboise (d1550) who became archbishop of Rouen on his uncle's death.
This monument to Louis de Brézé (d1531) is the work of Jean Goujon (1510-1572) who was commissioned by Diane de Poitiers, Louis wife. Louis was the son of King Charles VII of France's illegitimate daughter Charlotte de France.