Philippe Pot

Philippe Pot (* 1428 in La Rochepot, France, † September 16, 1493 in Dijon ) was a high court official Burgundian and French.

Life

Philippe was the son of Jacques Pot and grandson of Regnier Pot, the chamberlain of Philip the Bold (see Pot ( noble ) ). His godfather was the Duke of Burgundy, Philip the Good, at whose court he made ​​a career and took him in 1463 to the Order of Knights of the Golden Fleece. He heaped honors and offices of, was Ambassador in London and was appointed in 1473 to the Great Steward.

Philippe Pot was also the successor of Philip, Charles the Bold, before turning to King Louis XI. approached from France. When Charles died, and thus the line of the Dukes of Burgundy was finished, he moved to King Louis XI. from France via. This appointed Philippe on September 21, 1477 to Großseneschall ( Governor General) of Burgundy and took him into the Ordre de Saint -Michel. Because of his move to the French court in 1481 he expelled from the Order of the Golden Fleece.

End of the 1470s the castle was pot Châteauneuf -en- Auxois, which Philip the Good had given him in 1457, rebuilt.

King Charles VIII, the successor of Louis XI. , The Logis du Roi entrusted him to Dijon and took him into the royal council. In September 1493 Philippe Pot died.

Tomb

Philippe Pot is known primarily for his tomb, which is located in the Louvre in Paris. He let it prepare himself during his lifetime 1477-1483. The tomb was originally in the chapel of St. John the Baptist in the Abbey of Citeaux. After the destruction of the church by the French Revolution, it passed into private ownership before it was finally purchased in 1886 by the French State.

The recumbent figure of the deceased rests on a grave stone with a three-line inscription, which is supported by eight mourners. The absence of a Tumba the tomb has a very vivid impression reminiscent of Burgundian funeral processions, in which the corpse is carried to the grave. It falls out of the usual representations tomb of the 15th century and is singular in this composition.

Special Reception learned the tomb in the 19th century by painters who einflochten the tomb in idyllic scenes (Beaumont, Stevens), and by Rodin, who was inspired by the ground-level placement of almost life-size figures, his " Burghers of Calais " also without base represent.

647053
de