Louis Jéhotte
Louis Jéhotte (pronounced Scheótt; born November 7, 1803 or 1804 in Liège or Paris, † February 3, 1884 in Brussels ) was a Belgian sculptor.
Life
Louis Jéhotte was the son of the die cutter Léonard Jehotte, who worked at the royal mint in Liège . He began his studies in Liège with François Joseph Dewandre , then lived and studied in Paris, Florence and Rome, where he initially joined Mathieu Kessels and then Bertel Thorvaldsen .
When he returned home, he executed the marble funerary monument of Archbishop Count Méan in St. Romualds Cathedral (Sint-Romboutskathedraal) in Mechelen , as well as the bronze statue of Prince Karl Alexander of Lorraine and Bar in front of the Palais de Charles de Lorraine in Brussels (1846), several portrait busts, among others
One of his main works is the bronze equestrian monument of Charlemagne, erected in 1867 on the Boulevard d'Avroy in Liège. A bronze statue of Cain is on the grounds of the Paleis der Academiën in Brussels.
Picture gallery
Statue of Karl Alexander of Lorraine in Brussels
Cain bronze statue in the garden of the Palace of the Academies in Brussels
Tomb of Franciscus-Antonius de Méan in the Sint Rombout Cathedral in Mechelen
Equestrian sculpture of Charlemagne in Liège
literature
- Jéhotte, Louis . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 18 : Hubatsch – Ingouf . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1925, p. 494 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ So Thieme-Becker.
- ^ So Université de Liège (Belgique) - Collections artistiques
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jéhotte, Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1803 or November 7, 1804 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liege or Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 3, 1884 |
| Place of death | Brussels |