Zoom talk: ‘Claus Sluter’s Well of Moses for the chartreuse de Champmol, Philip the Bold and the battle of Nicopolis’ with Susie Nash and Alexandra Gajewski, Wednesday 16 October, 5pm (BST)

The Great Cross (Well of Moses) at the Chartreuse de Champmol (1396-1404), built by Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy, is one of the most extraordinary and striking late medieval monuments.

In an article in this month’s Burlington Magazine, Professor Susie Nash offers a new reading of its imagery in the context of the failed Burgundian crusading ambitions, and provides a compelling explanation for its form and purpose. Professor Nash (The Courtauld) and Dr Alexandra Gajewski (The Burlington Magazine) will discuss the imagery and the circumstances of the creation of the work with reference to the article and the author’s three preceding articles published on the subject in the Burlington.

Professor Susie Nash has taught at the Courtauld since 1993, specialising in the art of northern Europe during the late medieval and Renaissance periods. She works on a wide range of panel painting, sculpture, textiles, metalwork, and illuminated manuscripts from across northern Europe, including Spain. She is particularly interested in the work of art as a physical object, considering its materials, making, condition, conservation history, afterlife, and reception, combining evidence from primary sources with the first-hand examination of the work itself.

Her current research projects focus on the Valois courts of France in the late 14th and early 15th centuries and include a book, Making Lists, about the Valois brothers Charles V, Louis of Anjou, Jean de Berry, and Philip the Bold, and their inventories. She is also working on a study of the Libretto of Louis of Anjou and its biography, the de Limbourgs and their interest in Italian painting, and ongoing work on the monuments at the Chartreuse de Champmol in Dijon, particularly the tombs of the Dukes of Burgundy. Additionally, she is working on a book about the Seilern Triptych in the Courtauld Collection and on paintings on parchment created as independent objects.

Dr Alexandra Gajewski, FSA, is the Deputy Editor of The Burlington Magazine and a fellow of the Institute of Historical Research, London. Her research focuses on Gothic architecture in Burgundy, monasticism, medieval women and Avignon as a papal residence.

Find out more on the London Art Week website.