UNKNOWN GOTHIC MASTER, sculptor
(15th century)

Tombstone of János Hunyadi, the Younger

1440s
Limestone, 208 x 79 cm
Cathedral, Gyulafehérvár

The pseudo-sarcophagus of János Hunyadi the Younger was carved from a single reddish stone slab. There is no cavity in it for the dead, the cover is not removable. On the cover the life-size figure of the deceased is represented.


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