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Claus Sluter

Type Figure Region Burgundy Time c. 1340–1406 Also known as Claus Sluter、Claes Sluter、Claus van Herlam

Netherlandish sculptor and chief artist of Philip the Bold's Burgundian court, born in Haarlem c.…

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  1. 1401–1403Chartreuse de Champmol · DijonLed his workshop to complete the Well of Moses with its six prophets and six mourning angels and the base of the Crucifixion, fusing International Gothic elegance with Northern realism, a milestone in Burgundian Valois funerary art.
  2. 1404–1406Dijon · DijonAfter Philip the Bold died in April 1404, Sluter continued overseeing the finishing of the Champmol ducal tombs and monastery sculpture, training his nephew Claus de Werve as successor, and died in Dijon c. 1405–1406.

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