Français : Deux des éléments des restes du tombeau de Valentine Balbiani, épouse du Chancelier René de Birague. Un bas-relief représentant son cadavre (Annothomie), et un gisant la montrant en train de feuilleter un livre, avec son chien.
English: Two among the remaining elements of the tomb of Valentina Balbiani, wife of the French Chancellor René de Birague. A bas-relief is carved upon the tomb's base showing her decomposed corpse (Annothomia) within, and atop the tomb is a statute of the reclining lady shown reading a book, accompanied by her dog.
Français : Exécuté pour la chapelle de Birague du couvent Sainte-Catherine-du-Val-des-Écoliers à Paris détruite en 1783, il ne reste de l'ensemble du monument que les deux éléments montrés ici, et quelques pièces accessoires (armoiries, angelots).
English: Executed for the Birague chapel in the Sainte-Catherine-du-Val-des-Ecoliers church in Paris, destroyed in 1783, from the whole monument only the two pieces here remain, and some accessory elements (coats of arms, angels...).
Exhibition history
Français : Statue accoudée: Versailles, 1851. Bas relief: Musée des Monuments français, entrée en 1823
English: Lying statue: from Versailles, 1851. Relief: Musée des Monuments français, in the Louvre museum since 1823.
Credit line
Français : Deux contrats entre René de Birague et Germain Pilon, des 29 avril 1573 et 7 avril 1574.
English: Two contracts between René de Birague & Germain Pilon, 1573, april 29, and 1574, april 7.
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