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The Tomb of Philip the Bold is a funerary monument commissioned in 1378 by the Duke of Burgundy Philip the Bold (d. 1404) for his burial at the Chartreuse de Champmol, the Carthusian monastery he built on the outskirts of Dijon, in today's France.
Tomb. Tomb of Philip the Bold at the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy at Dijon. In 1378, Philip the Bold acquired the domain of Champmol, just outside Dijon, to build the Chartreuse de Champmol (1383–1388), a Carthusian monastery ("Charterhouse"), which he intended to house the tombs of his dynasty.
- 6 September 1363 – 27 April 1404
- Valois-Burgundy
Abstract. This article rewrites the history of the tomb of Philip the Bold made for the Chartreuse de Champmol in Dijon, through a close reading and re-transcription of the entire archival record, including some previously unknown documents, paying careful attention to what their terminology and chronology reveal about time, cost, materials and ...
- Susie Nash
- 2020
The Tomb of Philip the Bold is a funerary monument commissioned in 1378 by the Duke of Burgundy Philip the Bold (d. 1404) for his burial at the Chartreuse de Champmol, the Carthusian monastery he built on the outskirts of Dijon, in today's France.
Sluter’s latest preserved work, the tomb of Philip the Bold, was first commissioned from Jean de Marville, who is responsible only for the arcaded gallery below the sepulchral slab of black marble from Dinant. Forty figures, each about 16 inches (41 cm) high and either designed or executed by Sluter,….
Memorial to Philip the Bold (detail) 1389-1406. Stone. Charterhouse of Champmol, Dijon. Tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. 1390-1406. Alabaster, height 243 cm. Musée Archéologique, Dijon.
1390-1406. Alabaster, height 243 cm. Musée Archéologique, Dijon. The tomb of Philip the Bold, made for the choir of the Chartreuse de Champmol is an early sepulchre with pleurents or mourners. This stressed the living grieving for the deceased duke, not his physical transience.
