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The tomb of Louis de Brézé, husband of Diane de Poitiers, in the Rouen cathedral, is generally attributed to Goujon. We do not know the exact date of the monument, but Brézé died in 1531, and the tomb is believed to have been put up by his widow, probably in the following years. To the right and left of the gisants are life-size figures of Diane de Poitiers kneeling and the Virgin standing, holding the Child.
From the variation in style of different parts it seems that its construction took some time. The decorative features in the tomb can be linked directly with works certainly by the sculptor; the caryatids foreshadow those later designed by Goujon for the Louvre. It is not certain that Goujon was responsible for the whole tomb. The panels with inscriptions are in the style of the school of Fontainebleau. The equestrian statue is cruder and more archaic than the rest of the sculpture, and the coarse but detailed vegetation behind it recalls the local school.
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