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Jean Delcour, or Del Cour (1627, in
artist record in the
Image:Luik_monument_Jean_Del_Cour_4-02-2010_13-23-42.jpg, Monument to Del Cour on Place Saint-Paul, Liege
File:Hubert de Lieja-Delcour.jpg, St Hubertus sculpture, 1689, Sint-Jacobskerk, Liege
Image:Jacobus Minor - Del Cour.jpg, St James sculpture, 1691, Sint-Jacobskerk, Liege
Image:Del Cour - Jean Baptiste 1682.jpg, John the Baptist, 1682, Sint-Pauluskathedraal, Liege
Jean Delcour, or Del Cour (1627, in Hamoir
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– 1707), was a Baroque sculptor from Liège
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, in present-day Belgium
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Biography
At the age of 15 he became a sculpture pupil in Liege of the monk Arnold Henrard. After this training he traveled to Rome and became a pupil ofGian Lorenzo Bernini
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. He was also influenced by Ercole Ferrata.205640artist record in the
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In 1661 he returned to Liege where he started a workshop on the street ''Soeurs-de-Hasques''. He sculpted wood, marble, and ivory for the wealthy leaders of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège
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An altar from his hand in Cararra marble is now in the Virga Jesse Basilica
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that was originally commissioned for Herkenrode Abbey by the abbess there, Anna Catharina de Lamboy. He also made the mausoleum van Allamont in the Saint Bavo Cathedral in Ghent
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His only pupil, Jean Hans, never left his service and stayed with him until he died.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Del Cour, Jean 1627 births 1707 deaths Artists from the Spanish Netherlands 17th-century Flemish sculptors People from Hamoir