A carved elm wood figure of Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon and Auvergne, France or Flanders, 15th C. or later

H 104 cm

Agnes of Burgundy (1407 – 1 December 1476), duchess of Bourbon (Bourbonnais) and Auvergne, countess of Clermont, was the daughter of John the Fearless (1371–1419) and Margaret of Bavaria. Her maternal grandparents were Albert I, duke of Bavaria and Margaret of Brieg. Her paternal grandparents were Philip the Bold and Margaret III, countess of Flanders.

Several parallels can be drawn between the statue and the weepers of Isabella's tomb, attributed to the Borman Workshop and Renier van Thienen, and nowadays part of the Rijksmuseum Collection (link).

Added a copy of the radiocarbon dating certificate by Brussels Art Laboratory (Brussels, 18 November 2010): the sample gives a calibrate age range of 1299-1407.

Added a copy of the radiocarbon dating report by KIK/IRPA (Koninklijk Instituut voor het Kunstpatrimonium/Institut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique, Brussels, 8 March 2017): the samples are giving for the periode 1663-1698 AD a probability of 17,5% and for the period 1723-1816 AD 53,3%.

Provenance:

- Private collection, London.