Prie-Dieux (original) (raw)

A prie-dieu is a sort of low table for prayer; while some later examples feature a cushioned kneeler and/or a sloping surface, many medieval prie-dieux resemble (and may actually be) benches with decorative carving.

Many more prie-dieux can be found on Tudor effigies.

• Heldric prostrates himself in front of St. Germain of Auxerre, Expositio in Ezechielem (BNF Lat 12302, fol. 2), c. 989-1010
• Prie-dieu (Gruuthusemuseum 0.66.VII), 15th century
• Prie-dieu (Klooster Augustinessen van Brugge O.P. 35 VII), 15th century
• Two prie-dieux (Klooster Augustinessen van Brugge O.P. 35 VII), 15th century
• Prie-dieu (Kerk Sint-Pieter en Guido), 15th century
• Prie-dieu (Schnütgen-Museum RBA 53), 15th century
• Church bench (Design museum 37), 15th century
• The Annunciation by Jan van Eyck, c. 1434-1436
• Right panel of the Miraflores Altarpiece by Rogier van der Weyden, c. 1440
• The family of Jouvenel des Ursins, c. 1445-1449
• Nicolas Rolin by Rogier van der Weyden, c. 1443
• Annunciation by Dieric Bouts the Elder, c. 1445
• Lady at a prie-dieu with an angel from a book of hours (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, MS Lat. qu. 920, fol. 31v), c. 1446-1460
• Annunciation embroidery, mid-15th century
• Wife of a Donor by Petrus Christus, c. 1450
• Altarpiece with twelve scenes from the life of Christ: The Annunciation, Cologne, c. 1450-1460
• Annunciation by Petrus Christus, 1452
• Annunciation and Nativity by Petrus Christus, 1452
• Left panel of the St. Columba Altarpiece by Rogier van der Weyden, c. 1455
• The author at prayer in the Breviarium Petri Mileti (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Ms. theol. lat. qu. 6, fol. 401v), 1464
• Annunciation, a book of hours (PML M.1003, fol. 31r), c. 1465
• Philip the Good at prayer, The Prayer-Book of Philip the Good of Burgundy (München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. gall. 40, fol. 144)
• The Annunciation by Hans Memling, c. 1465-1475
• The Annunciation, the Breviary of Margaret of York (St. John's College MS H.13, fol. 134r), c. 1475-1480
• Agatha of Catania, a book of hours (PML M.198, fol. 119r), c. 1480
• The Annunciation by Hans Memling, 1480-1489
• Saint Paul with Paolo Pagagnotti and Christ Appearing to His Mother, late 1480s
• Left wing and right wing of the Triptych of the Family Moreel by Hans Memling, 1484
• Diptych of St. John the Baptist and Jean de le Cambe, c. 1490-1510
• Annunciation by Cima da Conegliano, 1495
• Mary at prayer, c. 1500
• Prie-dieu (Klooster Augustinessen van Brugge O.P. 35 VII), 16th century
• Prie-dieu (Musée Curtius D/9/92), 16th century
• Annunciation by Jan de Beer
• Annunciation by Matthias Grünewald, c. 1515 (detail)
• Mary at Prayer by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1518
• Robert de Cambrin (fol. 3v), Adrien de Hénencourt (fol. 10v), Pierre Lecoustellier (fol. 11v), Robert Bigant (fol. 21v), Jean de Bery (fol. 22v), Étienne Levasseur (fol. 27v), Jean le Prévost (fol. 36v), Pierre Vilain (fol. 40v), Pierre Cousin (fol. 42v), and Antoine Louvel (fol. 45v), Chants Royaux du Puy Notre-Dame d'Amiens (BNF Fr. 145), 1518
• Annunciation by Jan de Beer
• Annunciation by Jan de Beer, c. 1520
• Man at Prayer by Albrecht Dürer, 1525
• Prie-dieu (Stedelijk Museum Vanderkelen-Mertens M/196), c. 1550
• Relief monument from the church of St. Denis, Faxton, Northamptonshire, with Sir Augustine Nicolls before a prie-dieu