Artus Quellinus I.
Artus Quellinus (born August 30, 1609 in Antwerp , † February 23, 1668 in Antwerp) was a Flemish sculptor . In the literature he is usually referred to as Artus Quellinus the Elder .
Life
Artus Quellinus was the son and student of the sculptor Erasmus Quellinus I from the artist family Quellinus , and brother of Erasmus Quellinus II and Hubertus Quellinus . He trained with the Flemish sculptor François Duquesnoy in Rome. In 1640 he was accepted into the Guild of Saint Luke in Antwerp. After 1648 he was called to Amsterdam to decorate the local town hall, the Paleis op de Dam , with sculptures . In the two gables he put two figure-rich groups who glorified Amsterdam's maritime power. Inside he carried out decorative work, including the relief of Diana and a mourning caryatid . Quellinus moved in the more painterly forms of expression of the Baroque style .
In 1660 he and Gerrit van Uylenburgh put together the works of art for the Dutch gift to Charles II . The Quellinus School of Applied Arts in Amsterdam, which was active until 1924, was named after him.
His cousin Artus Quellinus II was also a sculptor.
Works
- Tomb (1663) for General Field Marshal Otto Christoph von Sparr in the Marienkirche in Berlin-Mitte
- Samson and Delila (Ton, 1640) in the Bode Museum , Berlin
- Pallas Athene (1660) in the Museum Kurhaus Kleve
- Tomb for Friedrich III. (Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf) in the Schleswig Cathedral .
- Portrait bust of Johan de Witt , Dordrechts Museum
- Portrait bust of Andries de Graeff (1661), Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
literature
- Joseph Eduard Wessely : Quellinus, Arthus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 34.
- Quellinus, Arthur . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 27 : Piermaria – Ramsdell . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1933, p. 505-506 .
- Regina Bartsch-Molden: Artus Quellinus' tomb Sparr. The influence of the Netherlands on the tomb in northern Germany between 1650 and 1725. Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 1993, ISBN 3-631-46089-9 (also dissertation FU Berlin 1992).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Quellinus, Artus (2) . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 27 : Piermaria – Ramsdell . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1933, p. 505-506 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Quellinus, Arthur I. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Quellinus, Arthur; Quellinus, Arthur the Elder |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Flemish sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1609 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antwerp , Spanish Netherlands |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 23, 1668 |
| Place of death | Antwerp , Spanish Netherlands |