Yuza:Galadim/Tomb of Philippe Pot

The tomb of Philippe Pot is a funerary monument, now on display in the Louvre, Paris. It was commissioned by the military leader and diplomat Philippe Pot around the year 1480, to be used for his burial at the chapel of Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Cîteaux Abbey, Dijon, France. His effigy shows him recumbent on a slab, his hands raised in prayer, and wearing armour and a heraldic tunic. The eight mourners (pleurants) are dressed in black hoods, and act as pallbearers carrying him towards his grave. Pot commissioned the tomb when he was around 52 years old, 13 years before his death in 1493. The detailed inscriptions written on the sides of the slab emphasise his achievements and social standing.

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