Weepers from the tomb of Isabella of Bourbon
Also titled Pleurants van het praalgraf van Isabella van Bourbon
Renier van Thienen (I) (1465–voor)
c. 1475 - c. 1476
- Medium
- bronze (metal)
- Classification
- tomb figure
- Dimensions
- BK-AM-33-A: height 55 cm x width 23 cm x depth 14 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the City of Amsterdam
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
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.
