# Tomb of King John [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MEDIEVAL SCULPTOR, English]() - Date: 1201-1250 - Technique: Purbeck marble ## Commentary The tomb monument of King John \(1199-1226\) was built shortly after his death and was placed, in accordance with his wishes in Worcester Cathedral, close to the shrine of St. Wulfstan. With his feet resting on the back of a lion, he is represented, presumably after the life, as a small man. While he holds in his hands his sceptre and his naked sword, the small figures of St. Oswald and St. Dunstan are depicted, in an unusual iconographic motif, beside his shoulders, sprinkling his head with incense. In 1873, above the existing colouring, the whole effigy was gilded. ## Related artworks - [Capital in the crypt]() - [Capital in the crypt]() - [Capital]() - [Capitals]() - [Censing Angel]() - [Centaur Fighting a Dragon]() - [Console figure]() - [Coronation of the Virgin]() - [Effigy of a Knight]() - [Effigy of Edward III \(detail\)]() - [Effigy of Henry III]() - [Foliage capitals]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()