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Jean Delcour, or Del Cour (1627, in
Hamoir Hamoir (; wa, Hamwer) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On 1 January 2006, Hamoir had a total population of 3,592. The total area is 27.80 km2 which gives a population density of 129 inhabitants per k ...
– 1707), was a Baroque sculptor from Liège, in present-day
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Biography

At the age of 15 he became a sculpture pupil in Liege of the monk Arnold Henrard. After this training he traveled to Rome and became a pupil of Gian Lorenzo Bernini. He was also influenced by
Ercole Ferrata Ercole Ferrata (1610 – 10 July 1686) was an Italian sculptor of the Roman Baroque. Biography A native of Pellio Inferiore, near Como, Ferrata initially apprenticed with Alessandro Algardi, and became one of his prime assistants. When hi ...
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artist record in the
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 In 1661 he returned to Liege where he started a workshop on the street ''Soeurs-de-Hasques''. He sculpted wood, marble, and ivory for the wealthy leaders of the
Prince-Bishopric of Liège The Prince-Bishopric of Liège or Principality of Liège was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire that was situated for the most part in present-day Belgium. It was an Imperial Estate, so the bishop of Liège, as its prince, ...
. An altar from his hand in Cararra marble is now in the Virga Jesse Basilica that was originally commissioned for
Herkenrode Abbey Herkenrode Abbey ( li, Abdij van Herkenrode) was a Catholic monastery of Cistercian nuns located in Kuringen, part of the municipality of Hasselt, which lies in the province of Limburg, Belgium. Since 1972 some of the surviving buildings have ser ...
by the abbess there, Anna Catharina de Lamboy. He also made the mausoleum van Allamont in the
Saint Bavo Cathedral Saint Bavo's Cathedral, also known as Sint-Baafs Cathedral ( nl, Sint Baafskathedraal), is a cathedral of the Catholic Church in Ghent, Belgium. The 89-meter-tall Gothic building is the seat of the Diocese of Ghent and is named for Saint Bavo of ...
in
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. His only pupil, Jean Hans, never left his service and stayed with him until he died. Image:Luik_monument_Jean_Del_Cour_4-02-2010_13-23-42.jpg, Monument to Del Cour on Place Saint-Paul, Liege File:Hubert de Lieja-Delcour.jpg, St Hubertus sculpture, 1689, Sint-Jacobskerk, Liege Image:Jacobus Minor - Del Cour.jpg, St James sculpture, 1691, Sint-Jacobskerk, Liege Image:Del Cour - Jean Baptiste 1682.jpg, John the Baptist, 1682, Sint-Pauluskathedraal, Liege


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Del Cour, Jean 1627 births 1707 deaths Artists from the Spanish Netherlands 17th-century Flemish sculptors People from Hamoir