This is a cast of the tomb of Mary, Queen of Scots. The tomb is in Westminster Abbey in London. It was made by Cornelius Cure between 1606 and 1612.
The tomb has a representation of the dead queen on top of the sarcophagus, her hands together in prayer.
James VI had the elaborate tomb erected - perhaps partly to appease his guilt at distancing himself from his mother during her lifetime. The tomb was a symbol of rehabilitation many years after her execution in 1587.
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