# Tomb of Blondel de Rocquencourt

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PONCE, Jacquiot](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ponce-jacquiot-r452fd85c051e7e>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Bronze, 173 x 60 cm

## Commentary

André Blondel, controller general of finances, was a protégé of Diane de Poitiers. Of the mausoleum erected after 1558 by his wife in the convent of the Filles-Repenties in Paris, all that survives is this relief. Instead of death and decay, this Mannerist variant of the traditional gisant presents an image of sleep and bodily repose.

## Related artworks

- [La Tireuse d&#39;épine \(The Thorn Remover\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ponce-jacquiot-r452fd85c051e7e/la-tireuse-dpine-the-thorn-remover-r63d29035ee9a1d>)

## Attribution

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