Jan Pieter van Baurscheit the Elder
Jan Peter van Baurscheit the Elder (1669–1728) was a sculptor from the Southern Netherlands. • Illustration — Pulpit of the Saint Carolus Borromeus church by Baurscheit the Elder Elder was born in Wormersdorf as the son of the mayor there, and moved to Antwerp, where he first apprenticed to the nephew of Pieter Verbrugghen the Elder, Pieter Scheemaeckers, and then joined the Guild of St. Luke as master sculptor in 1694. The next year he married Catharina Boets and their son Jan Pieter van Baurscheit the Younger became an architect.
Also recorded as Jan Pieter van, the elder Baurscheit · Jan Pieter van, der Ältere Baurscheit · Jan Peter van Baurscheit the Elder
Jan Pieter van Baurscheit the Elder
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- Name
- Jan Peter van Baurscheit the Elder
- Born
- 8 December 1669
- Birthplace
- Wormersdorf
- Died
- 10 May 1728
- Place of death
- Antwerp
- Nationality
- Habsburg Netherlands
- Occupation
- sculptor · architect · artist
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Jan Peter van Baurscheit the Elder (1669–1728) was a sculptor from the Southern Netherlands. • Illustration — Pulpit of the Saint Carolus Borromeus church by Baurscheit the Elder Elder was born in Wormersdorf as the son of the mayor there, and moved to Antwerp, where he first apprenticed to the nephew of Pieter Verbrugghen the Elder, Pieter Scheemaeckers, and then joined the Guild of St. Luke as master sculptor in 1694. The next year he married Catharina Boets and their son Jan Pieter van Baurscheit the Younger became an architect.
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Baurscheit or Baurscheidt the Elder is known for religious works in various materials for churches around Antwerp. Elder died there and was buried in the Sint-Walburgiskerk, Antwerp. Works by him and his son are preserved in the collection of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Antwerp. Work by Jan Pieter van Baurscheit the Elder is recorded in the collections of Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Museum Plantin-Moretus, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, National Museum Paleis het Loo and DIVA museum.
De roof van Persephone bij ridderhofstad Gunterstein te Breukelen.
Peter van der Wielen
Joyous Entry of king Charles VI in Brussels in 1717, with the parade passing in front of the Hof van Hoogstraten, depicted by Baurscheit (Museum of the City of Brussels, inv. L-1872-1-11)
Jan Pieter van Baurscheit the Elder · https: coudenberg.brussels/nl/media-en-documentatie/documentatie/stoet-van-de-blijde-intrede-van-karel-vi-in-1717-1
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• Name — Jan Peter van Baurscheit the Elder • Born — 8 December 1669 • Birthplace — Wormersdorf • Died — 10 May 1728 • Place of death — Antwerp
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The authorities additionally record the headings Jan Pieter van, the elder Baurscheit, Jan Pieter van, der Ältere Baurscheit and Jan Peter van Baurscheit the Elder. One child is recorded: Jan Pieter van Baurscheit the Younger.
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1669
Jan Pieter van Baurscheit the Elder born at Wormersdorf.
1728
Jan Pieter van Baurscheit the Elder died at Antwerp.
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Wormersdorf.
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