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The re-emergence of a Sculptor: eight lifesize bronzes by Jacques jonghelinck

The re-emergence of a Sculptor: eight lifesize bronzes by Jacques jonghelinck 116 BERT MEIJER The re-emergence of a Sculptor: eight lifesize bronzes by Jacques jonghelinck* On August 17, 1585, after a famous siege, the city of Antwerp capitulated to Alexander Farnese, commander of the Spanish forces and Philip 11's Governor-General of the Netherlands. The fall of Antwerp signalled the return of an important revolutionary bastion to Spanish rule and Catholicisrn'. Ten days later the Parmesan prince and his entourage made a triumphant entry into the city, which had been decorated to celebrate the occasion. The pieces de résistance were eight lifesize bronze statues, which were erected on the Groote Marckt (principal market square), the political and social centre of the Flemish metropolis (fig. 1). In front of Cornelis Floris' imposing northern Renaissance townhall stood personifications of the Seven planets, and in the lniddle of the square there was a fountain in the form of a Bacchus seated on a barrel. The artist was Jacques Jonghelinck, who was highly regarded in his day but is now too little remem- bered as a creator of monumental bronzes 2. It had always been thought that this spec- * I am grateful to J. lsruyn, I). de Hoop Scheffer, H. Keutner, U. Middeldorf http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Oud Holland - Quarterly for Dutch Art History Brill

The re-emergence of a Sculptor: eight lifesize bronzes by Jacques jonghelinck

Meijer, Bert
Oud Holland - Quarterly for Dutch Art History , Volume 93 (2): 116 – Jan 1, 1979
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© 1979 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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10.1163/187501779X00177
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116 BERT MEIJER The re-emergence of a Sculptor: eight lifesize bronzes by Jacques jonghelinck* On August 17, 1585, after a famous siege, the city of Antwerp capitulated to Alexander Farnese, commander of the Spanish forces and Philip 11's Governor-General of the Netherlands. The fall of Antwerp signalled the return of an important revolutionary bastion to Spanish rule and Catholicisrn'. Ten days later the Parmesan prince and his entourage made a triumphant entry into the city, which had been decorated to celebrate the occasion. The pieces de résistance were eight lifesize bronze statues, which were erected on the Groote Marckt (principal market square), the political and social centre of the Flemish metropolis (fig. 1). In front of Cornelis Floris' imposing northern Renaissance townhall stood personifications of the Seven planets, and in the lniddle of the square there was a fountain in the form of a Bacchus seated on a barrel. The artist was Jacques Jonghelinck, who was highly regarded in his day but is now too little remem- bered as a creator of monumental bronzes 2. It had always been thought that this spec- * I am grateful to J. lsruyn, I). de Hoop Scheffer, H. Keutner, U. Middeldorf

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Published: Jan 1, 1979

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