# Tomb of Sir Joseph and Lady Elizabeth Nightingale

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ROUBILIAC, Louis-François](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/roubiliac-louis-franois-rda95a6aac42804>)
- Date: 1701-1750
- Technique: Marble

## Commentary

In the marvellously dramatic tomb of Lady Elizabeth Nightingale \(1761\), she is shown being attacked with a spear by Death \(a hideous skeleton emerging from a vault\), while her husband vainly tries to keep him at bay \(the skeleton was carved by Roubiliac&#39;s assistant Nicolas Read, c. 1733-87\). The Nightingale monument clearly shows the influence of Bernini, whose work so impressed Roubiliac when he visited Rome in 1752.

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## Attribution

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