Jacobs Pier Pander (20 June 1864 – 6 September 1919) was a Dutch sculptor and designer of

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s. Pander was born in

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in the Dutch northern province of

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. He was the son of a poor boatman. At a young age, his talent for woodcarving was recognised. Wealthy patrons enabled him to study at the Kunstnijverheidsschool Quellinus in Amsterdam (an art school) and later at the

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in Paris. In 1885 Pander won the Dutch Prix de Rome for sculpture, but a serious illness disabled him. He moved to Rome in 1893, where he set up a studio. He frequently travelled to the Netherlands where he became famous for his design of the portrait of

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for a Dutch coin in 1898. Pander was friends with the Dutch writer

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, who lived in Nice and Rome between 1900 and 1915. He eventually died in Rome from the effects of

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. He is buried in the

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. De Vervulling. Naar een relief der Koninklijke Zilverfabriek C. J. Begeer, Utrecht. (1909).jpg Het ontwaken.jpg Interieur, beeld van marmer, genaamd Kracht - Leeuwarden - 20399475 - RCE.jpg Penning op de inhuldiging van Wilhelmina te Amsterdam in 1898 (kroningsjaar) naar ontwerp van Pier Pander.JPG PieterPelPierPander.jpg

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