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Ten weepers from the tomb of Isabella of Bourbon
Borman werkplaats and Thienen, Renier van (I)ca. 1475 - ca. 1476
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Isabella of Bourbon, wife of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy died in 1465. Their daughter Mary built a funeral monument for her in the abbey of Saint Michael in Antwerp. The tomb was surrounded by 24 figures of mourning family members and ancestors, known as weepers (pleurants). They symbolized the importance of the Burgundy dynasty. These ten figures are all that remain.
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- Title: Ten weepers from the tomb of Isabella of Bourbon
- Creator: Borman werkplaats, Thienen, Renier van (I)
- Date Created: ca. 1475 - ca. 1476
- Physical Dimensions: brons
- Subject Keywords: Bourbon, Isabella de, Albrecht van Beieren (graaf van Holland, Henegouwen en Zeeland)
- Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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