Jan Pieter van Baurscheit the Elder

Jan Peter van Baurscheit the Elder

Born| 8 December 1669

Wormersdorf

Died| 10 May 1728

Antwerp

Nationality| Dutch

Jan Peter van Baurscheit the Elder (1669–1728) was a sculptor from the Southern Netherlands.

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.[1] The next year he married Catharina Boets and their son Jan Pieter van Baurscheit the Younger became an architect.

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.[2] Works by him and his son are preserved in the collection of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels.[3]

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## References[edit]

1. ^ Jan Pieter Baurscheit (I) in the RKD
2. ^ Jan Pieter van Baurscheit the Elder in the NNBW
3. ^ artwork records in the museum

Authority control

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany

Artists|

* RKD Artists
* ULAN

People|

* Netherlands
* Deutsche Biographie