Aert van Tricht was a Dutch metal-caster who was active in

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between 1492 and 1501, in

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in 1521 (?). He is sometimes called Aert van Tricht the Elder to distinguish him from his son. His known works include the following: * Seven-branched candelabra for the Franciscan monastery in

, 1492, now lost * Brass font for St. John's Cathedral in

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, 1492 * Copper railings for the Brotherhood Chapel of St. John's Cathedral in

, based on wooden models made by

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, 1495-6 * Eagle lectern, originally in St. Peter's Church, Leuven, now in

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, New York City, c. 1500 * Arched candelabrum used as a choir screen of

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, 1501 * Bronze tabernacle in Bocholt Church in

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, undated * Brass font, originally in St Nicolas'Church in Maastricht, now in the Basilica of Our Lady, Maastricht, undated and severely damaged (stripped of all ornaments)

References

* Crab, Jan and F. Lenaerts, The Great Copper Pelican in the Choir: The Lectern from the Church of St. Peter in Louvain, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Vol. 26, No. 10 (Jun., 1968), pp. 401–406.
Aert van Tricht at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
15th-century births 1550s deaths Early Netherlandish sculptors Dutch male sculptors People from Maastricht Metalworkers {{Netherlands-sculptor-stub