# Monument to the Poet John Donne

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## Artwork

- Artist: [STONE, Nicholas the Elder](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stone-nicholas-the-elder-r31f1b956743b96>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Marble

## Commentary

There was a decline of English sculpture after Mid-Gothic times. It is not until Nicholas Stone that something approaching real sculptural quality returns. His monument to the great poet John Donne in St Paul&#39;s Cathedral shows imagination and vivacity in handling of the overall composition.

## Related artworks

- [Tomb of Lady Elizabeth Carey \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stone-nicholas-the-elder-r31f1b956743b96/tomb-of-lady-elizabeth-carey-detail-r73bf3c3e0126d1>)
- [Tomb of Lady Elizabeth Carey](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stone-nicholas-the-elder-r31f1b956743b96/tomb-of-lady-elizabeth-carey-rde1b604ee137e6>)
- [Tomb of Sir William Curle](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/stone-nicholas-the-elder-r31f1b956743b96/tomb-of-sir-william-curle-r3cd29a4f213aa5>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)