Lucas Faydherbe
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| Lucas Faydherbe | |
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 Lucas Faydherbe in Het Gulden Cabinet |
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| Born | 19 January 1617 |
| Died | 31 December 1697 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | Spanish Netherlands |
| Field | Sculpture, architecture |
| Movement | Baroque |
| Influenced by | Pieter Paul Rubens |
Lucas Faydherbe (also spelled Lucas Faijdherbe; signing as Lucas Fayd'herbe) (19 January 1617– 31 december 1697)[1] was a Flemish Baroque sculptor and architect.
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[edit] Biography
He was born in Mechelen, and studied with Pieter Paul Rubens in Antwerp.[2] He worked as a sculptor and architect. Based in Mechelen after Rubens's death, he also worked in Brussels and Antwerp. He was the nephew of the Flemish Baroque painter Lucas Franchoys the Younger.
[edit] Notable works
[edit] Sculpture
- Funeral monument of archbishop Andreas Creusen in the St. Rumbolds Cathedral, Mechelen
- High altar of St. Rumbolds Cathedral, Mechelen
- High altar of the Church of the Ascension of Our Lady, Watervliet, East Flanders.
- Mater Dolorosa in the burial chapel of Rubens in the St. James' Church, Antwerp [3]
[edit] Architecture
- Basilica of Our Lady of Hanswijk, Mechelen, an intriguing blend of the circular, centrally planned church with a longitudinal nave[4][5]
- Church of Our Lady of Leliendaal, Mechelen
- Church of Our Lady of the Rich Clares (Notre-Dame of the Rich Clares), Brussels
- Thurn und Taxis Chapel, in the Church of Our Lady at the Zavel (Notre-Dame at the Sablon), Brussels
- Church of Saint John the Baptist of the Beguinage, Brussels (attributed)[citation needed][6]
[edit] References
- Notes
- ^ Flemish Government. "Faydherbe, Lucas" (in Dutch). Inventaris van het Onroerend Erfgoed. http://inventaris.vioe.be/dibe/persoon/2128. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ Vander Auwera & Van Sprang 2007, p. 35
- ^ "Geschiedenis - Grafkapel van Rubens" (in Dutch). Jacobus-antverpiae.be. http://www.jacobus-antverpiae.be/nederlands/geschiedenisrubens.htm. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ van der Laan, Chantal. "Kerk van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Hanswijk" (in Dutch). Architectenweb.nl. http://www.architectenweb.nl/aweb/archipedia/archipedia.asp?ID=18224. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ "Basiliek van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Hanswijk" (in Dutch). Kerkeninvlaanderen.be. http://www.kerkeninvlaanderen.be/pages/kerk_00599.htm. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ "Baroque / Barok - Parcours, p. 15: Church of St John the Baptist of the Beguinage, 1657-1672" (Pdf 16MB). City of Brussels. http://www.bruxelles.be/dwnld/64276034/Brochure%20parcours%20baroque.pdf. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- Bibliography
- Het Gulden Cabinet, p 500
- De Jonge, Krista (2000) (in Dutch). Bellissimi ingegni, grandissimo splendore : studies over de religieuze architectuur in de Zuidelijke Nederlanden tijdens de 17de eeuw. Leuven: Univ. Pers Leuven. ISBN 9789058670144.
- de Nijn, Heidi (1997) (in Dutch). Lucas Faydherbe : Mechels beeldhouwer & architect : 1617 - 1697 ; [tentoonstelling Faydherbe '97 in het Stedelijk Museum Hof van Busleyden to Mechelen, van 13 september tot en met 16 november 1997]. Mechelen: Stedelijke Musea Mechelen. ISBN 9076099014.
- De Seyn, Eugène (1935). Dictionnaire biographique des sciences, des lettres et des arts en Belgique. I. Brussels.*Libertius, M. (1938). Lucas Faydherbe: Beeldhouver en Bouwmeester 1617-1697. De Sikkel.
- Vander Auwera, Joost; Van Sprang, Sabine (2007). Rubens: a genius at work : the works of Peter Paul Rubens in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium reconsidered. Tielt: Lannoo. ISBN 9789020972429. http://books.google.com/books?id=kfurKXZJ8fIC&pg=PA35&hl=en. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
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