A prie-dieu is a sort of low table for prayer; while some later examples feature a cushioned kneeler and/or a sloping surface, many resemble (and may actually be) benches with decorative carving.
Many more prie-dieux can be found on Tudor effigies .
Heldric prostrates himself in front of St. Germain of Auxerre , Expositio in Ezechielem (BNF Lat 12302, fol. 2), c. 989-1010
Prie-dieu , 15th century
Prie-dieu , 15th century
Prie-dieu , 15th century
Two prie-dieux , 15th century
Prie-dieu , 15th century
Right panel of the Miraflores Altarpiece by Rogier van der Weyden, c. 1440
The family of Jouvenel des Ursins , c. 1445-1449
Nicolas Rolin by Rogier van der Weyden, c. 1443
Annunciation by Dieric Bouts the Elder, c. 1445
Lady at a prie-dieu with an angel from a book of hours (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, MS Lat. qu. 920, fol. 31v), c. 1446-1460
Annunciation embroidery , mid-15th century
Wife of a Donor by Petrus Christus, c. 1450
Altarpiece with twelve scenes from the life of Christ: The Annunciation , Cologne, c. 1450-1460
Annunciation by Petrus Christus, 1452
Annunciation and Nativity by Petrus Christus, 1452
Left panel of the St. Columba Altarpiece by Rogier van der Weyden, c. 1455
The author at prayer in the Breviarium Petri Mileti (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Ms. theol. lat. qu. 6, fol. 401v), 1464
Philip the Good at prayer from the Prayer-Book of Philip the Good of Burgundy (München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. gall. 40, fol. 144)
The Annunciation , The Breviary of Margaret of York (St. John's College MS H.13, fol. 134r), c. 1475-1480
The Annunciation by Hans Memling, 1480-1489
Saint Paul with Paolo Pagagnotti and Christ Appearing to His Mother , late 1480s
Diptych of St. John the Baptist and Jean de le Cambe , c. 1490-1510
Annunciation by Cima da Conegliano, 1495
Mary at prayer , c. 1500
Prie-dieu , 16th century
Prie-dieu , 16th century
Annunciation by Jan de Beer
Annunciation by Matthias Grünewald, c. 1515 (detail )
Mary at Prayer by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1518
Robert de Cambrin (fol. 3v), Adrien de Hénencourt (fol. 10v), Pierre Lecoustellier (fol. 11v), Robert Bigant (fol. 21v), Jean de Bery (fol. 22v), Étienne Levasseur (fol. 27v), Jean le Prévost (fol. 36v), Pierre Vilain (fol. 40v), Pierre Cousin (fol. 42v), and Antoine Louvel (fol. 45v), Chants Royaux du Puy Notre-Dame d'Amiens (BNF Fr. 145), 1518
Man at Prayer by Albrecht Dürer, 1525
Prie-dieu , c. 1550
Relief monument from the church of St. Denis, Faxton, Northamptonshire, with Sir Augustine Nicolls before a prie-dieu (use V&A Access to Images and search for Museum Number A.9-1965 )