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Pierre Bontemps (c. 1505-1568) was a French sculptor regarded as one of the pre-eminent sculptors of the French Renaissance, alongside Germain Pilon. He is best known for funeral monuments, including major works for the tomb of King Francis I and the tomb of Louis XII at the Basilica of Saint-Denis.
Bontemps executed most of the bas-reliefs on the tomb of King Francis I, representing the French victories at the battle of Marignano and the battle of Ceresole. These panels translated military triumph into permanent stone record for the royal monument.
At the Basilica of Saint-Denis, Bontemps created statues of Francis I, Queen Claude, the Dauphin, Louis XII, and Anne of Brittany. The figures of Louis XII and Anne of Brittany appear on Louis's tomb, while Francis I, Claude, and the Dauphin appear on Francis's tomb.
Several works by Bontemps are held in the Musée du Louvre in Paris. These include the figures from the tomb of Charles de Maigny (c. 1556) and a full-length marble tomb of Jean III d'Humieres (died 1553) discovered at the chateau of Monchy-Humieres in 1936. His bas-reliefs and statues also remain at the Basilica of Saint-Denis.
In 1936, a sale at the chateau of Monchy-Humieres included a full-length marble tomb that had been used as a garden ornament. It was initially thought to represent Louis, duc d'Humieres (1628-1694), but was later identified as the tomb of Jean III d'Humieres (died 1553), made by Bontemps. The tomb is now in the Musée du Louvre.
Pierre Bontemps was born around 1505 and died in 1568. He worked through the height of the French Renaissance, producing major funerary monuments for the French royal family and nobility, including work on the tomb of Charles de Maigny around 1556.