Francis Van Bossuit
Francis Van Bossuit (* 1635 in Brussels, then Spanish Netherlands, † September 22, 1692 in Amsterdam, Netherlands) was a Flemish sculptor who was known for his work in ivory, terracotta and wood.
Life
Van Bossuit worked as an apprentice in his hometown and earned the championship title in Antwerp, before he went to Italy between 1655-160. In Florence, there was at the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno to cooperate with Balthasar Permoser. Another stop was Modena, where two of his earliest Elfenbeireliefs. In Rome he became a member of the group of Bentvueghels with the pseudonym Waarnemer, the observer.
1685 Van Bossuit went along with the painter Bonaventura van Overbeke to Amsterdam, where he in the following year an ivory medallion with the portrait of William III. anfertigte, which is owned by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam today. Van Bossuit died 1692 in Amsterdam.
Work and impact
The surviving works Van Bossuits include a number of small reliefs, treat the majority of mythological and religious subjects. Of his statues is still a 44 cm high ivory figure of Mars known, which is located in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. The counterpart, a statue of Venus, was lost.
From Van Bossuits design drawings as many prints were in the following decades, spread and used by other artists as a template, for example by Jan van Mieris and Willem van Mieris.
Works
- Mars: ivory statuette, 44 cm, ca 1680, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam..
- William III. , Ivory medallion, 1686, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
- Lot and his daughters, Bas- relief of ivory, 14.1 × 22.6 × 2.8 cm.
- Lot and his daughters, Bas- relief of ivory, 11 × 21cm, Rothschild Collection.
- Venus and Adonis, ivory relief, 18.1 × 12.5 cm, ca 1680, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
- Susanna and the Elders, ivory relief, 35 × 23cm, Getty Center, Brentwood (Los Angeles ), California, USA
- Judith with the head of Holofernes, ivory relief, 14.7 × 19cm, private collection.
- Hagar, her son Ishmael and of angels, Bas- relief in ivory, 13.5 x 22.5 cm, private collection.