Stone sculpture: kneeling woman in prayer, wearing a long pleated robe with a trailing skirt and a tall triangular headdress. Three-quarter view.

A donor in prayer, effigy of the wife of Jean des Martins, chancellor of Provence, Cl. 19271 © GrandPalaisRmn / Mathieu Rabeau

Stone sculpture: kneeling woman in prayer, wearing a long pleated robe with a trailing skirt and a tall triangular headdress. Profile view.

A donor in prayer, effigy of the wife of Jean des Martins, chancellor of Provence, Cl. 19271 © GrandPalaisRmn / Mathieu Rabeau

Stone sculpture: kneeling woman in prayer with a tall triangular headdress. Front view.

A donor in prayer, effigy of the wife of Jean des Martins, chancellor of Provence, Cl. 19271 © GrandPalaisRmn / Mathieu Rabeau

Stone sculpture: kneeling woman in prayer, wearing a long pleated robe with a trailing skirt and a tall triangular headdress. Three-quarter view.

A donor in prayer, effigy of the wife of Jean des Martins, chancellor of Provence, Cl. 19271 © GrandPalaisRmn / Mathieu Rabeau

A donor in prayer

Effigy of the wife of Jean des Martins, chancellor of Provence

Description

On display - room 14

Circa 1450-1460

Late Middle Ages

This figure of a woman kneeling with her hands in prayer adorned a funerary monument amidst depictions of other family members. The highly coded quality of her garment, a high-waisted dress with a fur-trimmed neckline and long train gathered in thick pleats; her set of jewellery, a heavy chain with large links; and her headdress, a "head ornament" made up of veils folded several times on a frame, allow a lady of a high social rank to be identified. A drawing before the parts of the tomb were broken up during the Revolution identifies her as the wife of King Rene’s Chancellor.

By Stéphani Audinet (?), a sculptor mentioned in Aix-en-Provence from 1448 to 1476.
 

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