Description:Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Rembert Dodoens, List of People From Mechelen, Steven Defour, Alexander Colyn, David Vinckboons, Jeroen Simaeys, Egide Walschaerts, Benjamin Van Camp, Denis Van Alsloot, Gerard Bosch Van Drakestein, Peter Franchoys, Maria Theresa Van Thielen, Luc Alfons de Hovre, Lucas Faydherbe, Jan Snellinck, Philips Van Der Aa, Hans Somers, Heinrich Baten, Lucas Franchoys the Elder, Frank Vagane, Louis Royer, Jo Leemans. Excerpt: Alexander Colyn, cenotaph of Maximilian I, marble relief based on wood carvings by Albrecht Durer Alexander Colyn (also spelt Colin or Colins), (1527/29, Mechelen, Belgium 1612, Mechelen), Flemish sculptor . In 1563 he went, at the invitation of the emperor Ferdinand I, to Innsbruck, to work on the magnificent monument which was being erected to Maximilian I in the nave of the Franciscan church. Of the twenty-four marble altirilievi (high reliefs), representing the emperors principal acts and victories, which adorn the sides of this tomb, twenty were executed by Colyn, apparently in three years. The work displays a remarkable combination of liveliness and spirit with extreme care and finish, its delicacy rivaling that of a fine cameo . Bertel Thorvaldsen is said to have pronounced it the finest work of its kind. Colyn, who was sculptor in ordinary both to the emperor and to his son, the archduke Ferdinand of Tirol, did a great deal of work for his patrons at Innsbruck and in its neighborhood; particular mention may be made of the sepulchers of the archduke and his first wife, Philippine Welser, both in the same church as the Maximilian monument, and of Bishop Jean Nas. His tomb in the cemetery at Innsbruck bears a fine bas-relief executed by one of his sons. He is credited with bringing the artistic style of European courts to Germany, where he managed the scu...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with People from Mechelen: Rembert Dodoens, List of People from Mechelen, Steven Defour, Alexander Colyn, David Vinckboons, Jeroen Simaeys. To get started finding People from Mechelen: Rembert Dodoens, List of People from Mechelen, Steven Defour, Alexander Colyn, David Vinckboons, Jeroen Simaeys, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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64
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Books LLC
Release
2010
ISBN
1155481577
People from Mechelen: Rembert Dodoens, List of People from Mechelen, Steven Defour, Alexander Colyn, David Vinckboons, Jeroen Simaeys
Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Rembert Dodoens, List of People From Mechelen, Steven Defour, Alexander Colyn, David Vinckboons, Jeroen Simaeys, Egide Walschaerts, Benjamin Van Camp, Denis Van Alsloot, Gerard Bosch Van Drakestein, Peter Franchoys, Maria Theresa Van Thielen, Luc Alfons de Hovre, Lucas Faydherbe, Jan Snellinck, Philips Van Der Aa, Hans Somers, Heinrich Baten, Lucas Franchoys the Elder, Frank Vagane, Louis Royer, Jo Leemans. Excerpt: Alexander Colyn, cenotaph of Maximilian I, marble relief based on wood carvings by Albrecht Durer Alexander Colyn (also spelt Colin or Colins), (1527/29, Mechelen, Belgium 1612, Mechelen), Flemish sculptor . In 1563 he went, at the invitation of the emperor Ferdinand I, to Innsbruck, to work on the magnificent monument which was being erected to Maximilian I in the nave of the Franciscan church. Of the twenty-four marble altirilievi (high reliefs), representing the emperors principal acts and victories, which adorn the sides of this tomb, twenty were executed by Colyn, apparently in three years. The work displays a remarkable combination of liveliness and spirit with extreme care and finish, its delicacy rivaling that of a fine cameo . Bertel Thorvaldsen is said to have pronounced it the finest work of its kind. Colyn, who was sculptor in ordinary both to the emperor and to his son, the archduke Ferdinand of Tirol, did a great deal of work for his patrons at Innsbruck and in its neighborhood; particular mention may be made of the sepulchers of the archduke and his first wife, Philippine Welser, both in the same church as the Maximilian monument, and of Bishop Jean Nas. His tomb in the cemetery at Innsbruck bears a fine bas-relief executed by one of his sons. He is credited with bringing the artistic style of European courts to Germany, where he managed the scu...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with People from Mechelen: Rembert Dodoens, List of People from Mechelen, Steven Defour, Alexander Colyn, David Vinckboons, Jeroen Simaeys. To get started finding People from Mechelen: Rembert Dodoens, List of People from Mechelen, Steven Defour, Alexander Colyn, David Vinckboons, Jeroen Simaeys, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.