QUELLINUS, Artus II
(b. 1625, Sint-Truiden, d. 1700, Antwerpen)

Tomb of Abbess Anna-Catharina de Lamboy

1668-75
Marble
Virga-Jessebasiliek, Hasselt

The tomb in the Virga-Jessebasiliek (formerly Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk) was made for the Abbey of Herkenrode. It is a realistically descriptive and affective representation of the dead Christ and the abbess worshipping him