The renovation of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Dijon provides an opportunity for the unprecedented loan of alabaster mourner figures from the tomb of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, and his wife, Margaret of Bavaria.

3. Master Mateo The Portal of Glory (Pórtico da Gloria) of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral (Romanesque period) 12th century, Santiago de Compostela Cathedral

From the tomb of Jean, duc de Berry (1340-1416), choir of Sainte-Chapelle, Bourges (until 1757); vicomte de Fussy ; Georges Hoentschel (French); J. Pierpont Morgan (American), London and New York (until 1917)

Offer Waterman artists: Richard Allen, Lee Miller, William Turnbull, Eileen Agar, Michael Andrews, Kenneth Armitage, Frank Auerbach, Phyllida Barlow, Tony Bevan, Peter Blake, David Bomberg, Frank Bowling, Bill Brandt, Edward Burra, Anthony Caro, Patrick Caulfield, Cecil Collins, Hans Coper, Keith Coventry, Michael Craig-Martin, Dexter Dalwood, Alan Davie, Lucian Freud, Sir...

From the tomb of Jean, duc de Berry (1340-1416), choir of Sainte-Chapelle, Bourges, France (until 1757); vicomte de Fussy ; Georges Hoentschel (French); J. Pierpont Morgan (American), London and New York (until 1917)

Throughout most of their history these alabaster mourners have evoked a sense of awe and mystery as well as curiosity and admiration. They were originally arranged in processional order around the

The English Reformation of the 1530s wasn't just an upheaval of the country's spirituality as the Church of England severed its Catholic ties; it disrupted whole industries. One was the alabaster sculpture business of the Midlands.

Le Monde.fr version mobile - Le musée national du Moyen Âge à Paris expose, jusqu'au 3 juin, les 39 figures du cortège funéraire du duc de Bourgogne et de son épouse, Marguerite de Bavière.

Throughout most of their history these alabaster mourners have evoked a sense of awe and mystery as well as curiosity and admiration. They were originally arranged in processional order around the