RICHIER, Ligier
(b. ca. 1500, Saint-Mihiel, d. 1567, Genève)

Entombment

after 1544
Marble
Église Saint-Étienne, Saint-Mihiel (Meuse)

Saint-Mihiel in northeastern France lies on the right bank of the Meuse River, 35 km south-southeast of Verdun. The town grew around a Benedictine abbey, founded in 709. The churches of Saint-Michel and Saint-Étienne have works by the 16th-century sculptor Ligier Richier, who was a native of the town.