Jan Peter van Baurscheit the Elder (1669–1728) was a sculptor from the

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Elder was born in

Wormersdorf The Tomburg is a castle ruin near Wormersdorf, a village in the municipality of Rheinbach near the German city of Bonn. It is located in a small Naturschutzgebiet, nature reserve that contains a number of rare plant species, on the high Tomberg ...

as the son of the mayor there, and moved to

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

, where he first apprenticed to the nephew of

Pieter Verbrugghen the Elder Pieter Verbrugghen I (alternative spellings: ''Pieter Verbruggen I'', ''Peter van der Brugghen I'', ''Pieter van der Brugghen I'', ''Peter Verbrugghen I'', ''Peeter Verbrugghen I'') (1615, Antwerp – 1686, Antwerp) was a Flemish sculptor from th ...

Pieter Scheemaeckers Pieter Scheemaeckers, Pieter Scheemackers, Pieter Scheemaeckers I or Pieter Scheemaeckers the Elder (alternative spellings and form of first name: Peter, Peeter and Petrus) (1640, Antwerp – 1714, Antwerp) was a Flemish sculptor who playe ...

, and then joined the

Guild of St. Luke The Guild of Saint Luke was the most common name for a city guild for painters and other artists in early modern Europe, especially in the Low Countries. They were named in honor of the Four Evangelists, Evangelist Saint Luke, Luke, the patron sa ...

as master sculptor in 1694.Jan Pieter Baurscheit (I) in the

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The next year he married Catharina Boets and their son

Jan Pieter van Baurscheit the Younger Jan Peter van Baurscheit the Elder (1669–1728) was a sculptor from the Southern Netherlands. Elder was born in Wormersdorf as the son of the mayor there, and moved to Antwerp, where he first apprenticed to the nephew of Pieter Verbrugghen the E ...

became an architect. Baurscheit or ''Baurscheidt'' the Elder is known for religious works in various materials for churches around Antwerp. Elder died there and was buried in the

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. Works by him and his son are preserved in the collection of the

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.artwork records
in the museum
File:Jan Pieter van Baurscheidt de Oudere, Een groepje van twee kinderen - Groupe de deux enfants, KBS-FRB.jpg File:Jan Pieter van Baurscheidt de Oudere, Modello voor een tuinfontein- Modello pour une fontaine de jardin, KBS-FRB.jpg File:Jan Pieter van Baurscheidt de Oudere, Ontwerp voor een titelblad (?) - Ébauche d'une page de titre (?), KBS-FRB.jpg File:Jan Pieter van Baurscheidt de Oudere, Ontwerp voor de linkerhelft van een altaar - Ébauche de la moitié gauche d'un autel, KBS-FRB.jpg File:Jan Pieter van Baurscheidt de Oudere, Twee groepen van spelende kinderen op een voetstuk - Deux groupes d'enfants jouant, sur un socle, KBS-FRB.jpg File:Jan Pieter van Baurscheidt de Oudere, Ontwerp voor een fontein met putti - Ébauche d'une fontaine avec putti, KBS-FRB.jpg File:Jan Pieter van Baurscheidt de Oudere, Ontwerp voor een biechtstoel met lambrisering - Ébauche d'un confessionnal avec lambris, KBS-FRB.jpg File:Jan Pieter van Baurscheidt de Oudere, Tuinbeeld- twee kinderen op een hoog voetstuk - Statue de jardin - deux enfants, sur un haut socle, KBS-FRB.jpg File:Jan Pieter van Baurscheidt de Oudere, Hoofd van een wenend kind, met de rechterhand op de wang- Tête d'enfant pleurant, la main droite sur la joue, KBS-FRB.jpg File:Jan Pieter van Baurscheidt de Oudere, Staande engel met slang in de hand - de Voorzichtigheid.- Ange en position debout, tenant un serpent à la main - la Prudence, KBS-FRB.jpg

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baurscheit, Jan Pieter van, the Elder 1669 births 1728 deaths People from Jülich Flemish sculptors (before 1830) Painters from Antwerp