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Tomb of Mary of Burgundy
Sculpted tomb dedicated to Mary of Burgundy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Tomb of Mary of Burgundy is a funeral monument completed in 1501 for Mary of Burgundy's grave in the Church of Our Lady, Bruges. She died in March 1482, aged 25, following injuries sustained during a hunting accident a number of weeks earlier.
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Material | Gilt-bronze, copper, brass, vitreous enamel |
Size | Length: 260 cm (100 in) Width: 135 cm (53 in) Height: 135 cm (53 in)[1] |
Created | Completed 1501 |
Period/culture | International Gothic, Northern Renaissance[2] |
Present location | Church of Our Lady, Bruges |
Mary was born in 1457 as the only child of Charles and Isabella of Bourbon (1434-1465). On her father's death at the Battle of Nancy, she became the last of the House of Valois-Burgundy and inherited the Duchy of Burgundy, making her the then richest woman in Europe.[3]
The tomb was commissioned by her husband Maximilian of Austria and their eldest child Philip the Fair, based on a rough design specified during her deathbed wishes. A number of sculptors, stonemasons and painters, perhaps headed by the Flemish sculptor Renier van Thienen, were involved in its creation; records suggest contributions by Jan Borman, Pieter de Backere and Jehan Hervy, although the chronology and the extent of their individual contributions is unknown.