The Cadaver Tomb of René of Chalon is a late Gothic period cadaver monument in the church of Saint-Étienne at Bar-le-Duc, in northeastern France. It consists of an altarpiece and a limestone statue of
Ligier Richier, upper section of the Transi de René de Chalon, c. 1545–47
Full view with black marble columns and altarpiece
Jan van Scorel, René of Chalon, 1542
Jan van Scorel, Portrait of Anna of Lorraine, 1542
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René of Chalon, also known as Renatus of Chalon, was the prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht and Gelre.
Cadaver Tomb of René of Chalon
…dates from a period of societal anxiety over death, as plague, war and religious conflicts ravaged Europe. It was commissioned as the resting place of René of Chalon, Prince of Orange, son-in-law of Duke Antoine of Lorraine. René died at the age of 25 during the siege of St. Dizier on 15 July 1544, from a wound…
René of Chalon
The Cadaver Tomb of Rene de Chalon