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| Keywords: French - Mourner - Walters 27339.jpg In a remarkable expression of realism the artist conveys the weight of personal grief through the rhythmic interplay of heavy folds of drapery The mourner's face is carved but it would not have been visible to the contemporary viewer In honoring the dead funeral monuments of the late Middle Ages often re-created funeral processions through a cloister by placing figures of mourners in an arcade around the sides of the tomb The tomb carved by the sculptor Claus Sluter active 1375-1405 for the Burgundian duke Philip the Bold 1342-1404 in Dijon was the first featuring freestanding figures within a three-dimensional arcade The Walters mourning monk must come from a slightly later tomb influenced by Sluter's new realism and monumentality ca 1450 Late Medieval alabaster cm 44 12 5 accession number 27 339 16689 Arnold Seligmann Rey and Co New York Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1919 Illuminated Manuscripts Masterpieces in Miniature The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984-1985 Songs of Glory Medieval Art from 900-1500 Oklahoma Museum of Art Oklahoma City 1985 Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1999-2000 place of origin Burgundy France Walters Art Museum license Renaissance sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Medieval ivory in the Walters Art Museum Art of France in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet | ||||
