Aert van Tricht
Illustration — Brass lectern in the form of an eagle attributed to Aert van Tricht, Limburg (Netherlands), c. 1500, The Cloisters Aert van Tricht was a Dutch metal-caster active in Maastricht between 1492 and 1501, in Antwerp in 1521 (?). He is sometimes called Aert van Tricht the Elder to distinguish him from his son.
Also recorded as Jehan Aert van Tricht · Aert van Tricht the Elder
Aert van Tricht
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- Born
- 1570
- Died
- 1610
- Nationality
- Southern Netherlands
- Occupation
- sculptor · artist · molding worker
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — Brass lectern in the form of an eagle attributed to Aert van Tricht, Limburg (Netherlands), c. 1500, The Cloisters Aert van Tricht was a Dutch metal-caster active in Maastricht between 1492 and 1501, in Antwerp in 1521 (?). He is sometimes called Aert van Tricht the Elder to distinguish him from his son.
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His known works include the following: • Seven-branched candelabra for the Franciscan monastery in Maastricht, 1492, now lost • Brass font for St. John's Cathedral in 's-Hertogenbosch, 1492 • Copper railings for the Brotherhood Chapel of St. John's Cathedral in 's-Hertogenbosch, based on wooden models made by Alart du Hameel, 1495-6 • Eagle lectern, originally in St. Peter's Church, Leuven, now in The Cloisters, New York City, c. 1500 • Arched candelabrum used as a choir screen of Xanten Cathedral, 1501 • Bronze tabernacle in Bocholt Church in Bocholt, Belgium, undated • Brass font, originally in St Nicolas'Church in Maastricht, now in the Basilica of Our Lady, Maastricht, undated and severely damaged (stripped of all ornaments)
Aert van Tricht is recorded as sculptor, artist and molding worker.
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1570
Aert van Tricht born at Maastricht.
1610
Aert van Tricht died.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2040079: Aert van Tricht
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