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Antoon Faydherbe

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Antoine Faydherbe
Born
Died8 October 1653
NationalityMechelaar
Educationapprentice to Filip Kerael
Known forsculpture
MovementBaroque
SpouseCharlotte van Casteele

Antoon Faydherbe or Antoine Fayd'herbe (died 1653) was a sculptor, who lived and worked in Mechelen, in the Southern Netherlands.

Life

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He was apprenticed to Filip Kerael in Mechelen's Guild of Saint Luke in 1598 and was awarded the freedom of the craft on 11 July 1605.

He sold a Madonna, two angels, a St Elizabeth and a St Augustine (all polychromed by his brother Hendrik Faydherbe) to the hospital in Hulst, and a statue of Our Lady of Scherpenheuvel to the church of St John the Baptist in Mechelen.[1] The city accounts show him carrying out minor works in 1634–1635 for the formal reception of the new governor general, the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria.

His sister, Maria Faydherbe, was also a sculptor, as was his nephew, Lucas Faydherbe.

References

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  1. ^ Emmanuel Neeffs, "Fayd'herbe (Antoine)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 6 (Brussels, 1878), 918–919.