Peter van Dievoet

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King James II in London, Trafalgar Square, sculpture by Peter van Dievoet, 1686.
Sculpture Das weisse Lammchen in Brussels, by Peter van Dievoet, 1696.
Coat of arms of Peter van Dievoet.

Peter van Dievoet (* 1661 in Brussels ; † March 2, 1729 ibid) was a Belgian sculptor .

Life

After an internship in London in Grinling Gibbons' studio , he returned to Belgium, where he created many sculptures for the reconstruction of the Grand-Place / Grote Markt in Brussels.

He was the brother of the goldsmith Philipp van Dievoet , who was a goldsmith and advisor to King Louis XIV .

The last original sculptures by Peter van Dievoet in the Duquesnoy tradition were to be found in Brussels . Many fell victim to the demolition of old buildings (the " Brusselsization ") during the 1960s to the 1980s.

literature

  • Antoine-Nicolas Dézallier d'Argenville, de l'Académie Royale des Belles-Lettres de la Rochelle: Vie des fameux sculpteurs depuis la renaissance des arts, avec la description de leurs ouvrages. Volume II, Debure l'aîné, Paris 1787, pp. 101-102.
  • Johann Dominik Fiorillo : History of the drawing arts from their resurgence to the most recent times. Göttingen 1808, p. 477.
  • Allan Cunningham: The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors. Volume III, New-York 1835, p. 14.
  • Georg Kaspar Nagler: New General Artist Lexicon. Volume III, Munich 1836, p. 404.
  • George Godwin, John Britton: The Churches of London. A History and Description of the Ecclesiastical Edifices of the Metropolis. 1839.
  • Great men of Great Britain. Cyclopaedia, Great Britain, 1866, p. 109.
  • JE Buschman, Annales de l'Académie d'archéologie de Belgique. Brussels 1867, p. 486 and p. 507.
  • Kurt Zoege von Manteuffel : Dievoet (Dievot), van . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 9 : Delaulne-Dubois . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1913, p. 279 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • David Green, Grinling Gibbons his work as carver and statuary 1648-1721. London 1964, pp. 56 and 194.
  • Victor-Gaston Martiny: Le décor architectural de la Grand-Place. In: La Grand-Place de Bruxelles. Brussels / Liège 1966, p. 122.
  • Hélène Cavalié née d'Escayrac-Lauture: Pierre Germain dit le Romain (1703–1783). Vie d'un orfèvre et de son entourage. Paris 2007, thèse de l'École des Chartes, Volume I, pp. 209, 210, 345, 350, 429, 447.
personal data
SURNAME Van Dievoet, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1661
PLACE OF BIRTH Brussels
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1729
Place of death Brussels