Antoine Le Moiturier (1425–1495) was a French sculptor. He was born in Avignon into a family of sculptors. His uncle was the itinerant French master Jacques Morel. Following from the work of Jean de la Huerta beginning in 1443, Le Moiturier completed a group of sculptures of Pleurants known as the

Mourners of Dijon The Mourners of Dijon ( pleurants of Dijon) are tomb sculptures made in Burgundy during the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. They are part of a new iconographical tradition led by Claus Sluter that continued until the end of the fi ...

. Completed in 1470, these sculptures are in the architectural frieze on the tombs of Duke

John the Fearless John I (; ; 28 May 1371 – 10 September 1419) was a scion of the French royal family who ruled the Burgundian State from 1404 until his assassination in 1419. He played a key role in French national affairs during the early 15th century, part ...

and

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. They reside at the

Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy The Palace of the Dukes and Estates of Burgundy or ''Palais des ducs et des États de Bourgogne'' is a remarkably well-preserved architectural assemblage in Dijon. The oldest part is the 14th and 15th century Gothic architecture, Gothic ducal pa ...

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. The job had originally been assigned to the workshop of Claus Sluter, but went to Le Moiturier and De la Huerta. In 1461, le Moiturier was hired by Canon Jacques Oboli to create an altarpiece for St Pierre, Avignon. Oboli died before the work could be completed, and in 1463 the church commissioned an altarpiece depicting the Last Judgement. le Moiturier completed this two years later. This stellar work included statues of Jesus, Saint Peter and Paul, and several angels. Today, only two sculptures remain of the more than sixteen that were originally in the sculpture. Le Moiturier is believed to have made the pleurants on the

tomb of Philippe Pot The tomb of Philippe Pot is a tomb effigy, funerary monument in the Louvre in Paris. It was commissioned by the military leader and diplomat Philippe Pot around the year 1480 to be used for his burial at the chapel of Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Cît ...

(1477–83).Hofstatter, Hans H., ''Art of the Middle Ages'', Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1968, p 137, 256.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Le Moiturier, Antoine 1425 births 1495 deaths 15th-century French sculptors Artists from Avignon French male sculptors People from the County of Provence