Peter van der Ka

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Peter van der Ka , sometimes also Peter von der Ka , (born February 21, 1688 in Antwerp , † in the 18th century ) was a sculptor and Jesuit .

Life

Peter van der Ka entered the Jesuit order on December 14, 1710. After completing his novitiate , he worked as a sculptor for 13 years. For the next eleven years he was sacristan in Courtrai . In 1736 he resigned from the order.

Works

Peter van der Ka created a communion bench made of white and red marble for the Maria-Himmelfahrts-Kirche in Cologne based on a design by Adam von Wihlig . It was completed in 1724 and was adorned with “masterfully crafted openwork panels”. These showed tendrils and putti cavorting between them. The communion bench was destroyed in World War II.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ka, Peter van der . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 19 : Ingouville – Kauffungen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1926, p. 400 .
  2. ↑ Illustration and brief description of the communion bench with the inscription “ Ecce panis angelorum ”: image field 1 ; Image field 2 (bildindex.de)
personal data
SURNAME Ka, Peter van der
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ka, Peter from the
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sculptor and Jesuit
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1688
PLACE OF BIRTH Antwerp
DATE OF DEATH 18th century