The Tomb of Philip the Bold is a funerary monument commissioned in 1378 by the Duke of Burgundy Philip the Bold for his burial at the Chartreuse de Champmol, the Carthusian monastery he built on the o
Tomb of Philip the Bold. Built between 1384 and 1410 by the workshops of Jean de Marville, Claus Sluter and Claus de Werve from Italian and Diant black marble, gilded alabaster, and polychrome. H: 24 3cm (7 ft 11.75 in)
Portrait of Philip the Bold, unknown artist. 16th century, Hospice Comtesse, Lille
Detail of Philip's death mask and angel wings
Effigy of Philip the Bold
The Chartreuse de Champmol, formally the Chartreuse de la Sainte-Trinité de Champmol, was a Carthusian monastery on the outskirts of Dijon, which is now in France, but in the 15th century was the capi
Tomb of Philip the Bold
…The Tomb of Philip the Bold is a funerary monument commissioned in 1378 by the Duke of Burgundy Philip the Bold (d. 1404) for his burial at the Chartreuse de Champmol, the Carthusian monastery he built on the outskirts of Dijon, in today's France. The construction was overseen by Jean de Marville, who designed the…
Champmol in 1686. The cottage-like hermitages of the monks can be seen surrounding the main cloister, with the Well of Moses in the middle.
Philip the Bold and his wife kneel in the portal of the monastery church. Claus Sluter and workshop.
Each of the choir monks had one of these paintings in his hermitage, probably as the only decoration. Cleveland Museum of Art.
The tombs of the Dukes, now moved to the "Salle de Garde" of their palace in Dijon.