# Tomb of Edward II

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MEDIEVAL SCULPTOR, English](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/medieval-sculptor-english-r11e54e183f4149>)
- Date: 1301-1350
- Technique: Purbeck marble and alabaster

## Commentary

This important monument departs from the general pattern of the period. Imitating a current French court fashion, the effigy is not of bronze or painted stone but white alabaster. The canopy, however, departs radically from all that we know about French or English court monuments in its tiers of elaborate arcading.

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- [Capital in the crypt](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/medieval-sculptor-english-r11e54e183f4149/capital-in-the-crypt-r630bdf7da9a63c>)
- [Capital in the crypt](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/medieval-sculptor-english-r11e54e183f4149/capital-in-the-crypt-rc906eab3fa1307>)
- [Capital](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/medieval-sculptor-english-r11e54e183f4149/capital-rd7356f5b425e74>)
- [Capitals](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/medieval-sculptor-english-r11e54e183f4149/capitals-r26544996f9649c>)
- [Censing Angel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/medieval-sculptor-english-r11e54e183f4149/censing-angel-rc70d0f76468e14>)
- [Centaur Fighting a Dragon](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/medieval-sculptor-english-r11e54e183f4149/centaur-fighting-a-dragon-r9cb559f96eb01a>)
- [Console figure](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/medieval-sculptor-english-r11e54e183f4149/console-figure-r1e9ccba4efca1a>)
- [Coronation of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/medieval-sculptor-english-r11e54e183f4149/coronation-of-the-virgin-r049d82e3be5670>)
- [Effigy of a Knight](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/medieval-sculptor-english-r11e54e183f4149/effigy-of-a-knight-rec8aa29ccb3786>)
- [Effigy of Edward III \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/medieval-sculptor-english-r11e54e183f4149/effigy-of-edward-iii-detail-rb4b434790bc9c9>)
- [Effigy of Henry III](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/medieval-sculptor-english-r11e54e183f4149/effigy-of-henry-iii-r3fd67fe43f359a>)
- [Foliage capitals](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/medieval-sculptor-english-r11e54e183f4149/foliage-capitals-r254dfa15822657>)

## Attribution

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