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Antoine Le Moiturier (1425–1495) was a French sculptor. He was born in Avignon into a family of sculptors. His uncle was the itinerant French masterJacques Morel.
Following from the work ofJean de la Huerta beginning in 1443, Le Moiturier completed a group of sculptures ofPleurants known as theMourners of Dijon. Completed in 1470, these sculptures are in the architectural frieze on the tombs of DukeJohn the Fearless andMargaret of Bavaria. They reside at thePalace of the Dukes of Burgundy inDijon.[1] The job had originally been assigned to the workshop ofClaus Sluter, but went to Le Moiturier and De la Huerta.[2]
In 1461, le Moiturier was hired by Canon Jacques Oboli to create an altarpiece for St Pierre, Avignon. Oboli died before the work could be completed, and in 1463 the church commissioned an altarpiece depicting the Last Judgement. le Moiturier completed this two years later. This stellar work included statues of Jesus, Saint Peter and Paul, and several angels. Today, only two sculptures remain of the more than sixteen that were originally in the sculpture.[3]
Le Moiturier is believed to have made thepleurants on thetomb of Philippe Pot (1477–83).[4]
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