Lucas Faydherbe
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Lucas Faydherbe (1617–1697) was a Flemish sculptor and architect.
He was born in Mechelen
, and studied with Pieter Paul Rubens in Antwerp. He worked as a sculptor and architect. Based in Mechelen after Rubens's death, he also worked in Brussels
and Antwerp. He was the nephew of the Flemish Baroque painter Lucas Franchoys the Younger
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Biography
Mechelen
Mechelen Footnote: Mechelen became known in English as 'Mechlin' from which the adjective 'Mechlinian' is derived...
, and studied with Pieter Paul Rubens in Antwerp. He worked as a sculptor and architect. Based in Mechelen after Rubens's death, he also worked in Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
and Antwerp. He was the nephew of the Flemish Baroque painter Lucas Franchoys the Younger
Lucas Franchoys the Younger
Lucas Franchoys the Younger or Francois was a Flemish Baroque painter from Mechelen, a town for which he painted numerous altarpieces influenced by the works of Anthony van Dyck.-Biography:...
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Notable works
- Church (later Basilica) of Our Lady of Hanswijck, MechelenMechelenMechelen Footnote: Mechelen became known in English as 'Mechlin' from which the adjective 'Mechlinian' is derived...
, an intriguing blend of the circular, centrally planned church with a longitudinal nave - Church of Our Lady of Leliendaal, Mechelen
- High altar of St. Rumbolds CathedralSt. Rumbolds CathedralSt. Rumbold's Cathedral is the Belgian metropolitan archiepiscopal cathedral in Mechelen, dedicated to an assumedly Irish or Scottish Christian missionary and martyr who had founded an abbey nearby....
, Mechelen - Funeral monument of archbishop Andreas Creusen in the St. Rumbolds CathedralSt. Rumbolds CathedralSt. Rumbold's Cathedral is the Belgian metropolitan archiepiscopal cathedral in Mechelen, dedicated to an assumedly Irish or Scottish Christian missionary and martyr who had founded an abbey nearby....
, Mechelen - Church of Our Lady of the Rich Clares (Notre-Dame of the Rich Clares), BrusselsBrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
- Thurn und Taxis Chapel, in the Church of Our Lady at the Zavel (Notre-Dame at the Sablon), BrusselsBrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
- Church of Saint John the Baptist of the Beguinage, BrusselsBrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
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Sources
- General:
- Het Gulden CabinetHet Gulden CabinetThe Golden Cabinet of the Noble Free Art of Painting, or Het Gulden Cabinet vande Edel Vry Schilder-Const, as it was originally known in Dutch, is a series of artist biographies and panegyrics with engraved portraits written by the 17th century notary and rederijker Cornelis de Bie...
, p 500
- Het Gulden Cabinet
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