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  • Claus Sluter

    Sluter did not invent the mourning procession nor did he design the setting. But he conceived of the figures as pleurants (weepers), of whom no two are alike; some are openly expressing their sorrow, others are containing their grief, but all are robed in heavy wool, draping garments that occasionally…

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    Sluter did not invent the mourning procession nor did he design the setting. But he conceived of the figures as pleurants (weepers), of whom no two are alike; some are openly expressing their sorrow, others are containing their grief, but all are robed in heavy wool, draping garments that occasionally…

    Read More