Johannes Blommendael
Johannes Blommendael (also Jan Blommendael ; * 1650 in The Hague or Breda ; † 1704 or 1707 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch sculptor of the Golden Age .
Very little is known about Blommendael's life. It is believed that he was an apprentice at Rombout Verhulst and was a member of the Academy of Confrérie Pictura (see Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten ).
He was known to Godfried Schalcken (1643–1706), a painter who was very famous in his day and who worked in London for the Dutch governor and English king Wilhelm III. worked, with the Dordrecht painter Arnold Verbuijs (1645–1729) and the Amsterdam art dealer Johan van der Brugge, as can be seen from contracts received from 1691 and 1692.
Blommendael received orders from the court of the Dutch governor Wilhelm III, who had him portrayed himself several times in marble and who used him to decorate the garden of his palace Het Loo . For this purpose, Blommendael created several vases and a group of four children who represent the four winds. One of the busts and a statue of William III. are in the Mauritshuis today . For the “Trêvezaal” in the Binnenhof , he made a series of caryatids in wood.
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- ↑ Koenraad Jonckheere: What I brought from Brabant and Holland. Anton Ulrich (1633–1714), his collection of paintings and the Netherlands . In: Jochen Luckhardt ed., The Herzog Anton-Ulrich-Museum and its collections. 1578-1754-2004, Munich 2004, pp. 88-121.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blommendael, Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blommendael, Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1650 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | The Hague or Breda |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1704 or 1707 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |