Creator

Public Art by Claus Sluter

4 objects

Well of Moses

The Well of Moses is the surviving lower part of a calvary once set in a well at the centre of the grand cloister of Champmol. Created for Philippe II de Bourgogne, it is now in the park of the specialized hospital center of Dijon.

Champmol

Champmol was a Carthusian monastery on the outskirts of Dijon, founded in 1383 by Duke Philip the Bold as a dynastic burial place for the Valois Dukes of Burgundy. It was richly decorated with artworks.

Mourners of Dijon

The Mourners of Dijon are 82 alabaster statuettes in ronde-bosse from 15th-century Burgundy. They belonged to the tombs of Philippe le Hardi and of Jean sans Peur and Marguerite de Bavière.

Tomb of Philip the Bold

The Tomb of Philip the Bold is a funerary monument commissioned in 1378 for the Duke of Burgundy, who chose the Chartreuse de Champmol near Dijon as his burial site. It is known for its recumbent figure and mourning pleurants.