The ''Maison de l'Agneau Blanc'' () or simply ''l'Agneau Blanc'' is a
Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
house, built in 1696, located at 42, / () in
Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
, Belgium,
parallel to the
Grand-Place/Grote Markt. It has been a
protected heritage site since 2011.
The
sculptures
Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...
on the
facade are the work of
Peter Van Dievoet
Peter van Dievoet (; French: Pierre, Dutch: Peeter, Latin: Petrus; 16611729) was a sculptor, statuary, wood carver, and designer of ornamental architectural features from Brussels. He achieved fame for his work on a number of the Baroque guil ...
, commissioned by Jean De Broe.
File:Maison de l'Agneau Blanc by Peter Van Dievoet.jpg, The four main sculptures by Peter Van Dievoet
Peter van Dievoet (; French: Pierre, Dutch: Peeter, Latin: Petrus; 16611729) was a sculptor, statuary, wood carver, and designer of ornamental architectural features from Brussels. He achieved fame for his work on a number of the Baroque guil ...
See also
*
1696 in art
*
Grand-Place
*
Statue of James II, Trafalgar Square
The statue of James II is a bronze sculpture located in the front garden of the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom. Probably inspired by French statues of the same period, it depicts James II of England as a Roman em ...
Notes and references
Further reading
* Paul-Eugène Claessens and Julien Cuypers, « Quand Bruxelles ravagée renaît plus belle sous les ailes de l'archange : le sculpteur Pierre Van Dievoet, son œuvre et sa famille », in lIntermédiaire des généalogistes'', n° 121, Brussels, 1966, pp. 39–41.
* M. J. De Decker, « Relevé de l’Agneau Blanc », (deuxième prix partagé, S.C.A.B. concours annuel de relevés de 1924), in, ''l’Émulation'', Bruxelles, 1925, planche 8.
* Guillaume Des Marez, ''Guide illustré de Bruxelles'', Brussels, 1928, volume 1, pp. 65, 81, 82, 89, 90, 92, 112 and
* Guillaume Des Marez, ''Guide illustré de Bruxelles'', Brussels, 1928, volume 2, p. 182.
* Guillaume Des Marez, « Les transformations de la ville de Bruxelles au
xviie siècle et les métiers de la construction », in ''Études inédites'', Brussels, 1936, p. 135.
* Alain Van Dievoet, « Question sur le sculpteur Pierre Van Dievoet », in ''L'Intermédiaire des généalogistes'', n° 147, Brussels, 1970, p. 185.
* Alain Van Dievoet, « Un disciple belge de Grinling Gibbons, le sculpteur Pierre Van Dievoet (1661–1729) et son œuvre à Londres et Bruxelles », in ''Le Folklore brabançon'', March 1980, n° 225, p.65 à 91.
* Alain Van Dievoet, « Généalogie de la famille van Dievoet originaire de Bruxelles, dite Vandive à Paris », in ''Le Parchemin'', ed.
Genealogical and Heraldic Office of Belgium, Brussels, 1986, n° 245, p. 273 à 293.
* ''Park-Mail, Magazine'', "Un curieux contrat", Brussels, March 1984, n° 80, p 11. (regarding ''l'Agneau Blanc'').
* Paul Janssens, "Agneau blanc, magasin", in : ''Dictionnaire d'Histoire de Bruxelles'', Brussels, 2013, p. 23.
Baroque architecture in Belgium
Art by Peter Van Dievoet
Protected heritage sites in Brussels
1696 in Europe
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