PILON, Germain
(b. 1525/30, Paris, d. 1590, Paris)

Monument for the Heart of Henri II

1560s
Marble, height 150 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

The figures of the Graces are the work of Pilon, while the base was executed by Domenico del Barbiere. The urn for the heart of Henry II is a nineteenth-century restoration.