Tomb of Alice de la Pole, Duchess of Suffolk, at St. Mary's Church, Ewelme (UK), by Unknown (1475, c.)

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Tomb of Alice de la Pole, Duchess of Suffolk, at St. Mary's Church, Ewelme (UK), by Unknown (1475, c.)

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Tomb of Alice de la Pole, Duchess of Suffolk, at St. Mary's Church, Ewelme, Oxfordshire. The tomb has two sections: in the top section (left image) the duchess is lying fully dressed with a crown. In the bottom section (right image), the skeleton of the duchess is portrayed, semi-covered by a shroud with her right hand holding the shroud in the low abdomen area. The top section is more ornate whereas the bottom one is bare. This double-decker tomb with the figure of a transi shows the remains of the breast as a gender marker. Another feminine marker, the long hair, is still present; however, the genital area is covered with a gesture of modesty of the hand pulling the shroud over the genitalia. The skeleton and the face are gender-neutral, even masculine-looking given the exaggerated width at the shoulders. The resulting image is androgynous in contrast with the feminine figure of the fleshed statue.

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Unknown

Date

1475, c.

Format

Alabaster.
Dimensions: Unknown

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