PILON, Germain
(b. 1525/30, Paris, d. 1590, Paris)

Effigies of Henri II and Catherine de' Medici

1583
Marble
Abbey Church, Saint-Denis

In addition to the bronze and marble monument, in 1583 Pilon executed two further recumbent marble effigies of Henry II and Catherine de' Medici, this time represented in precisely rendered coronation robes. These must also have been intended for the Valois Chapel.