Jan-Christian Hansche
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Jan-Christian Hansche or Hanssche was a
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origin, who worked as a
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ist in the
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, and also in
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and
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, in the second half of the 17th century. In 1672 he made the
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decoration of the library of
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near
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in
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. The stucco relief represents the church fathers and the evangelists as well as scenes from the life of Saint Norbert. In the
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of the same abbey he decorated the ceiling with seven biblical scenes (1679), signing his work "jan christiaen hansche". He also worked in several houses and monasteries in
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, in in Machelen and in
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. A magnificent example of his work are the decorations for Modave Castle. The grand vestibule of this castle is decorated with a genealogical tree of the house of the Counts of
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, including the coats of arms of the members of the family but also reliefs depicting some ancestors as knights in full armour on their horses. A series of rooms on the ground floor is decorated with scenes from the life of
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, while the apartment on the first floor follows the theme of the four seasons.


Sources

*Anon. ''Hansche (Hanssche), Jan Christiaen'' in: ''Thieme-Becker.Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart'', vol. XV, Leipzig, 1922: 599. *Vrancken, Michel, 1971: ''De stucplafonds van Jan Christiaan Hansche (1655–1685)'' (master's thesis),
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*Van Vaeck, M., 1997: ''Beelden van omhoog, Hansches 17de-eeuwse plafonddecoraties in stucwerk in de kastelen van Horst, Modave en Beaulieu en in het Gentse Brouwershuis'' in: ''Monumenten en Landschappen'', XVI, 1997, 5: 21–53.


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