Sculpture André Beauneveu

beauneveu s effigy of king charles v in abbey church of st denis. c.1366

one of projects in beauneveu engaged between 1374 , 1377 funeral monument count of flanders, louis of male. project never finished statue of st catherine form part of supporting structure survives @ onze lieve vrouwkerk in kortrijk. lifelike figure, gently curving pose, naturalistic features , direct gaze, gives clear sense of elegance froissart , contemporaries admired in beauneveu s work.

during time in employ of jean de berry (after 1386), beauneveu known have produced several sculptures castle @ mehun , chapel of ducal palace @ bourges. surviving fragment mehun large bearded head in musée de louvre. belonged 1 of twelve apostle statues have stood against pillars inside palace chapel @ mehun (similar ones in ste chapelle in paris). have argued head work of beauneveu s successor, jean de cambrai, though weight of opinion favours beauneveu or workshop.

the work beauneveu carried out on sculptural , painted decorations @ mehun highly regarded contemporaries jean de berry s brother, philip of burgundy, sent own court artists claus sluter , jean de beaumetz visit building site in 1393.

several of smaller prophet figures bourges survive, dispersed amongst public , private collections. stylistic differences between these figures serve useful reminder northern european sculpture of period team effort. workshop masters beauneveu set standard , dictate overall style on large project, 1 can distinguish presence of multiple distinct craftsmen.