Tomb of Jean d'Humières
by BONTEMPS, Pierre, Alabaster, 63 x 189 cm
Chamberlain of King Francis I, then of the Dauphin, the future Henry II, of which he had been governor, Jean d’Humi�res had also been lieutenant-general in Italy, Savoy and Piedmont. At his death in 1550, a tomb was raised in the church of Monchy-Humi�res (Oise), in Picardy. On the reliefs of pedestal are the seven sons of the deceased.