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Claus or Claux de Werve ( 1380–1439) was a sculptor active at the Burgundian court under
Philip the Bold Philip II the Bold (; ; 17 January 1342 – 27 April 1404) was Duke of Burgundy and ''jure uxoris'' Count of Flanders, Artois and Burgundy. He was the fourth and youngest son of King John II of France and Bonne of Luxembourg. Philip was th ...
between 1395 and 1439. He was probably born in the Dutch city of
Haarlem Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English language, English) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the Provinces of the Nether ...
around 1380. In 1396 he became the assistant to his uncle, Claus Sluter at the Burgundian court in
Dijon Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eas ...
, France. He helped his uncle carve the mourners on the tomb of Philip the Bold. Upon Sluter's death in 1406 he took over the position of Chief Sculptor at the court. As chief sculptor he produced a number of masterpieces, including the ''Virgin and the Child of Poligny'', now at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.


Major works

* The
Well of Moses The Well of Moses (French: ''Puits de Moïse'') is a monumental sculpture recognised as the masterpiece of the Dutch artist Claus Sluter (1340–1405–06), assisted by his nephew Claus de Werve. It was executed by Sluter and his workshop i ...
(1396-1405), collaboration with Claus Sluter. De Werve particularly sculpted the weeping angelst * The Tomb of Philip the Bold (1406-1410), begun by Jean de Marville and Claus Sluter and completed by de Werve. The latter sculpted almost all the statues of the mourners, as well as the angels.


References


Sources

* Antoine, Elisabeth. ''Art from the Court of Burgundy: The Patronage of Philip the Bold and John the Fearless, 1364-1419''. Seattle (WA): University of Washington, 2005.


External links


Artcyclopedia

Claux de Werve
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Werve, Claus de 1380s births 1439 deaths 15th-century French sculptors Artists from Haarlem Dutch male sculptors Early Netherlandish sculptors French male sculptors People from the Burgundian State