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Inventory number: CVH 155
Tomb of King Frans I of France: it is conceived as a portico with a passage to left and right and a niche in the centre, closed off by a rounded arch, in which two tombs are visible with recumbent statues on them. Under the niche and to the left and right of the two passages, a band of relief is sculpted, depicting fighting soldiers. On the architrave of the monument are four statues of kneeling figures.
Artist:
Etienne F. Imbard
Dating:
unknown
Material:
Watercolour; black ink on paper
Dimensions:
299 x 255 mm
Marks :
Inscription on an inscription table above and behind the monument; signature lower right; date lower right, next to the signature.
Place:
Plantin-Moretus-Museum, Antwerp
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