A orant (or requesting , of the Latin orare , to request) indicates, in the religious art, a character represented in an attitude of prayer, often knelt. The realization is frequently a statue in Ronde-bosse or a sculpture in Haut-relief.

Associated with the Lying , it is one of the decorative pieces of a tomb or a Enfeu.

See too

Internal bonds

• Christian art
• medieval Sacred art