Pleurants
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Pleurants or weepers are anonymous, sculpted figures representing mourners, used to decorate elaborate tomb monuments, mostly in Western Europe during the late Middle Ages. Typically they are relative
Pleurants of Margaret of Bourbon (1438–1483) in the Royal Monastery of Brou, in Bourg-en-Bresse, France, by Conrad Meit
Effigy of Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick at the Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick
Life-sized pleurants from the tomb of Philippe Pot, Louvre, Paris
Pleurants from the Tomb of Isabella of Bourbon, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Tomb effigy
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A tomb effigy is a sculpted effigy of a deceased person usually shown lying recumbent on a rectangular slab, presented in full ceremonial dress or wrapped in a shroud, and shown either dying or shortl
Pleurants
…Pleurants or weepers (the English meaning of pleurants) are anonymous, sculpted figures representing mourners, used to decorate elaborate tomb monuments, mostly in Western Europe during the late Middle Ages. Typically they are relatively small, and a group were placed around the sides of a raised tomb…
Effigies of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici. Germain Pilon, c. 1561–1573. Basilica of Saint-Denis, France.
Double tomb of Richard I of England (Richard the Lionheart) and Isabella of Angoulême. Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, France.
Coffin of Neskhons, c. 945-715 BC, Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Mask of Sitdjehuti; c. 1500 BC; linen, plaster, gold and paint. British Museum.