Gothic sculptures

French noble

sculpture in the cathedral of Bamberg, Germany

late Gothic altarpiece in Austria

Funerary structure in Bologna

Gothic sculpture

Funerary monuments in Verona, Italy

thumb|upright=1.2|Pleurants of Margaret of Bourbon (1438–1483) in the [[Royal Monastery of Brou, in Bourg-en-Bresse, France, by Conrad Meit]] Pleurants or weepers (the English meaning of pleurants) are anonymous sculpted figures representing mourners, used to decorate elaborate tomb monuments, mostly in the late Middle Ages in Western Europe. Typically they are relatively small, and a group were placed around the sides of a raised tomb monument, perhaps interspersed with armorial decoration, or carrying shields with this. They may be in relief or free-standing. In English usage the term "weepe

pulpit with sculpture by Giovanni Pisano

lost statue of Mary and baby Jesus from Toruń, Poland

sculpture by Bernt Notke

Title of Maria of Rabida

bust of Charlemagne created in 1350

statue of the Virgin Mary

late-Gothic sculpture of Mary in the Hildesheim Cathedral