Egidius Adriaan Nijs
Illustration — Shrine of Saint-James, Kemzeke • Illustration — The Church of Our Lady in Temse, with the spire by Adriaan Nijs Adriaan Nijs (6 June 1683 – 21 April 1771) was a Flemish sculptor active in the Waasland. He was educated in Antwerp, where he was a pupil of Hendrik Frans Verbruggen. At the end of his life he settled in Temse.
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Egidius Adriaan Nijs
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- 1683 · Antwerp.
- Died
- 1771 · Temse.
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- sculptor · architect · artist
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Illustration — Shrine of Saint-James, Kemzeke • Illustration — The Church of Our Lady in Temse, with the spire by Adriaan Nijs Adriaan Nijs (6 June 1683 – 21 April 1771) was a Flemish sculptor active in the Waasland. He was educated in Antwerp, where he was a pupil of Hendrik Frans Verbruggen. At the end of his life he settled in Temse.
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Egidius Adriaan Nijs (1683–1771) was an architect, artist and sculptor. Born in Antwerp, the architect died in Temse. Works by Egidius Adriaan Nijs are held at Gruuthusemuseum and Musea Brugge.
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His oeuvre is known for its pure Rococo carvings. He married Joanna Catharina Van der Beke, by whom he had two daughters and nine sons. One of his sons from this marriage, Philips Alexander, was also a sculptor and his son Frans a well-known goldsmith. He later remarried to Catharina Magdalena Wesemael. He died in Temse in 1771.
• Collegekapel Sint-Niklaas: choir stalls • Sint-Ludgeruskerk, Zele: confessionals, communion rail • Sint-Petruskerk, Bazel: communion rail • Church of Our Lady, Temse: spire, communion rails, pulpit, confessionals and choir stalls • Sint-Niklaaskerk, Lochristi: communion rail and panelling • Buggenhout, Sint-Niklaaskerk: pulpit • Gruuthusemuseum, Brugge: sculptures
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• Illustration — Seating of the choir of the Church of Our Lady in Temse • Illustration — Choir seats, Church of Our Lady, Temse
Egidius Adriaan Nijs, PM 135641 B Temse
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1683
Egidius Adriaan Nijs was born on 6 June 1683.
1771
Egidius Adriaan Nijs died on 21 April 1771.
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