The magnificent transi of the Bouton couple, is a funerary monument that appeared in the 14th century when plague and wars decimated the population. This effigy is preceded by the popular story: “Tale of the Three Dead and the Three Living”. The message is clear: our lives are vanity. Claude Bouton was the chamberlain of Emperor Charles V. His wife, Jacqueline de Lannoy, is also represented in a skeletal state but with her long, wavy hair, to accentuate what the separation between life and death. The motto “Souvenir tue” is inscribed above the heads, accompanied by the coats of arms of the two families. Their house was located on Place du Sablon. Bouton was also a poet, a passion he shared with Margaret of Austria, aunt of Emperor Charles V. He had a funeral chapel erected in the church at Sablon when his wife died. All that remains of the chapel and monument in black marble is this stone embedded in the wall. He had his own verses written on their tomb: “Look at our faces and their semblance, O curious, full of arrogance, Very clear mirror you currently have. Alas, what is worth great pride and pompousness, rich clothes, houses and great finance. Everything must be left and taken finely, but what so brief that everything most often We do not have enough good Turn to God out of good repentance. This time you have to live amendment, And all your acts, your sayings and thoughts Will weigh very justly Libra.”