Jacques du Broeucq (c.1505 – c.1584) was a

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and

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from

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, who is believed to have spent c. 1530-35 in Italy. Jacques du Broeucq was born and died in

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and is perhaps best known as the teacher of Giambologna in

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. Du Broeucq rebuilt Binche Palace south of Brussels for Queen

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, governess of the Spanish Netherlands, in 1545–49; Binche, the center of Mary's patronage, was intended to rival

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; it was demolished by the soldiers of

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in 1554.R. Wellens, ''Jacques du Broeucq, sculpteur et architecte de la renaissance'' (Brussels) 1962 He also designed the castle of Boussu and Château of Mariemont. One of his most famous apprentice was Jean Boulogne, better known as Giovanni Bologne or Giambologna.

Artworks

* Mausoleum of the Counts of Boussu, Church of Boussu.

References

Walloon sculptors Walloon architects Flemish sculptors (before 1830) Architects from the Habsburg Netherlands 1584 deaths Year of birth unknown Year of birth uncertain {{Belgium-architect-stub