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[[File:Oude stadhuis aan de Groenmarkt in Den Haag (02).JPG|thumb|right|The statues on the facade of the [[Old City Hall (The Hague)]] depict "Faith", "Hope", "Love", "Strength", and "Justice". They were made by the Hague sculptor Jan Baptist Xavery before 1742.]] |
[[File:Oude stadhuis aan de Groenmarkt in Den Haag (02).JPG|thumb|right|The statues on the facade of the [[Old City Hall (The Hague)]] depict "Faith", "Hope", "Love", "Strength", and "Justice". They were made by the Hague sculptor Jan Baptist Xavery before 1742.]] |
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'''Jan Baptist Xavery''' (born [[Antwerp]], 30 March 1697 - died [[The Hague]], 19 July 1742) was a [[Flanders|Flemish]] scuptor active in [[the Netherlands]]. |
'''Jan Baptist Xavery''' (born [[Antwerp]], 30 March 1697 - died [[The Hague]], 19 July 1742) was a [[Flanders|Flemish]] scuptor active in [[the Netherlands]]. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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[[File:Jan Baptist Xavery - Muses 1739.jpg|left|thumb|Relief in the [[St. Bavochurch]] in [[Haarlem]], 1739]] |
[[File:Jan Baptist Xavery - Muses 1739.jpg|left|thumb|Relief in the [[St. Bavochurch]] in [[Haarlem]], 1739]] |
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| NAME = Xavery, Jan Baptist |
| NAME = Xavery, Jan Baptist |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = sculptor |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 30 March 1697 |
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| DATE OF DEATH = 19 July 1742 |
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| PLACE OF DEATH = The Hague |
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Jan Baptist Xavery (born Antwerp, 30 March 1697 - died The Hague, 19 July 1742) was a Flemish scuptor active in the Netherlands.
Biography
He was the son of the sculptor Albertus Xavery, who probably taught him before he entered the studio of Michiel van der Voort. There he stayed until moving to Vienna in 1719; from there he went to Italy, returning in 1721 and settling in The Hague. In 1725 he became a member of that city's painters' guild, the Confrerie Pictura. Also in 1725 he married Maria Christina Robart, with whom he had two sons, Frans and Jacob; both would go on to become painters. In 1729 he became court sculptor to William IV of Orange-Nassau. There is some evidence, too, that he worked briefly around 1737 for Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. Xavery died in 1742.
Stylistically, Xavery was influenced at the start of his career by Daniel Marot; later, his style became more elaborate, in works such as the Allegory of Faith of 1735-9, in the Grote Kerk of Haarlem.
Xavery was likely related to the sculptor Pieter Xavery. His brother Gerard Joseph was also a painter. His pupil was Willem Hendrik van der Wall.[1]
Reference
- Biography at Answers.com
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