The Tomb of Philippe Pot, Musée du Louvre
The Tomb of Philippe Pot is a funerary monument commissioned by Philippe Pot, for his burial at the chapel of Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Cîteaux Abbey, south of Dijon, France. Philippe Pot (1428–93) was a royal steward and Grand Seneschal to the Dukes of Burgundy. He was raised and educated at the Burgundian court. His tomb follows the tradition of the earliest ducal monuments of Burgundy. Each mourner bears an individually designed gilded heraldic shield, which refers to Philippe’s lineage.
The tomb was stolen during the French Revolution, and eventually found its way to the private gardens of a mansion in Dijon in the 1800s. Since 1899, it has been in the collection of the Musée du Louvre, where it is on permanent display.
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