During the 1530s, the chapel at the château of Pagny was embellished in successive redecoration campaigns by Philippe Chabot de Brion, admiral of France and governor of Burgundy, and his uncle by marriage, the cardinal of Givry (see also). One of the finest Renaissance monuments outside France, the screen originally crossed the chapel's nave in front of the main altar. The severe Italianate design of the choir screen recalls the remarkable contemporary façade of the church of Saint-Michel in Dijon, while the frieze, notably fanciful in composition and delicate in execution, demonstrates a direct knowledge of the styles of the Italian artists Rosso Fiorentino and Francesco Primaticcio, then working for François I of France at Fontainebleau. The frieze contains heraldic references to Chabot and the cardinal's family. The four statuettes of saints above are among the most sophisticated sculptures of their time. Appearing to move gracefully despite complicated poses and costumes, they are brilliant examples of the refined art that resulted when French artists--here yet unidentified--melded a late Gothic Northern European heritage with the still developing Mannerist style imported from Italy. Dean Walker, from Philadelphia Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections (1995), p. 124.