Jean de Liège
Illustration — Effigies of Jeanne d'Évreux and Charles IV of France sculpted by Jean de Liège. From the Maubuisson Abbey, now in The Louvre, 1372 Jean de Liège, (c.1330-1381) was a 14th-century sculptor of Flemish origin, mainly active in France, who specialized in funerary sculptures. Little is known of Jean de Liège's life except through his works.
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Jean de Liège
Cedric Verhelst · Public domain
- Born
- 1330 · Liège.
- Died
- 1381 · Paris.
- Nationality
- Prince-Bishopric of Liège
- Occupation
- sculptor · artist
- Fields
- Flamboyant
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Illustration — Effigies of Jeanne d'Évreux and Charles IV of France sculpted by Jean de Liège. From the Maubuisson Abbey, now in The Louvre, 1372 Jean de Liège, (c.1330-1381) was a 14th-century sculptor of Flemish origin, mainly active in France, who specialized in funerary sculptures. Little is known of Jean de Liège's life except through his works.
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These include the Tomb of Queen Philippa of Hainault made for Westminster Abbey in 1366, the Tomb of the heart of Charles V for the Rouen Cathedral in 1368, and the Tomb of the entrails of Charles IV and Jeanne d'Évreux in 1372 for the Maubuisson Abbey, now residing in The Louvre. The Louvre also retains his portraits of Charles V and Joanna of Bourbon (1365). An, Gésine Notre-Dame and Tomb of the Duchess of Orleans and her sister. The recumbent Blanche of France (1328-1394) kept at Saint-Denis and Marie de France are destroyed, except the bust found at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. On the basis of these certified works, other works have been attributed to him, including the Lying Joanna of Bourbon, Lying of Margaret of Flanders, Lying of an unknown princess, and the Musée de Cluny has sculptures of Presentation of Jesus at the Temple and St. John the Evangelist which are in the manner of Jean de Liège as well and may be attributed to him.
Hoofd van Bonne de France - Jean de Liège - Museum Mayer Van Den Bergh
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Hoofd van Bonne de France - Jean de Liège - Museum Mayer Van Den Bergh
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1330
Jean de Liège was born in 1330 at Liège.
1381
Jean de Liège died in 1381 at Paris.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 132828146, Jean, de Liège.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
- Getty Union List of Artist Names 500121912, Jean de Liège.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q10306567: Jean de Liège
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- “Jean de Liège”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- Jean de Liège, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
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Jean de Liège (ii), Oxford Art Online, 2003
Jean [Hennequin] de Liège (i), Oxford Art Online, 2003
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Jean de Liège, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011Crossref registry
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 132828146, Jean, de Liège.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Getty Union List of Artist Names 500121912, Jean de Liège.The Getty Research Institute
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q10306567: Jean de LiègeWikimedia Foundation
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Jean de Liège died in 1381 at Paris.
Those registers additionally record the forms Jehan, de la Croiz, Hennequin, de la Croix, Hennequin, de Liège, Hawkin, Liège from France, Liège, Hawkin of, Liège, Jean de and Liège, Hennequin de.
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